National Liberation Movement (Albania)

National Anti-Fascist Liberation Movement
National Anti-Fascist Liberation Movement
Lëvizja Antifashiste Nacionale Çlirimtare
Leaders	Enver Hoxha
Dates of operation	1942–1945
Allegiance	Communist Party of Albania
Headquarters	Pezë
Active regions	Axis-occupied Albania
Ideology	Communism; Marxism–Leninism; Anti-fascism; Republicanism
Size	40,000
Allies	Yugoslav Partisans; Balli Kombëtar (1942-1943); EAM; Soviet Union; United Kingdom
Opponents	Germany; Italy; Albanian Kingdom; Balli Kombëtar (1943-1945); Legaliteti; Chetniks
Battles and wars	World War II: World War II in Albania Battle of Përmetit; Battle of Reç; Kosovo Operation (1944); German invasion of Albania; Battle of Gjorm; Battle of Drashovica; Liberation of Tirana; Battle of Tirana and Kruja (1943); Battle of Pezë (1943); Liberation of Tepelena; Battle of Leskovik; Operation "Edelweiss"; ;

The National Liberation Movement (Albanian: Lëvizja Nacional-Çlirimtare; or Lëvizja Antifashiste Nacional-Çlirimtare (LANÇ)), also translated as National Liberation Front, was an Albanian communist resistance organization that fought in World War II. It was created on 16 September 1942, in a conference held in Pezë, a village near Tirana, and was led by Enver Hoxha. Apart from the figures which had the majority in the General Council it also included known nationalists like Myslim Peza. In May 1944, the Albanian National Liberation Front was transformed into the government of Albania and its leaders became government members, and in August 1945, it was replaced by the Democratic Front.

The Albanian National Liberation Army (Ushtria Nacional-Çlirimtare) was the army created by the National Liberation Movement.

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