Vlora incident
The Vlora incident was a military attack by Albania against the Soviet Union in the Mediterranean Sea in 1961. It was a significant event in the history of Albania; it marked the culmination of political and military tensions between Albania and the Soviet Union, which led to the expulsion of Soviet forces from Albania.
| Vlora incident | |||||||||
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| Part of the Cold War and Albanian–Soviet split | |||||||||
Withdrawal of the Soviet Navy from Pasha Liman Base, Vlora (1961) | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Albania | Soviet Union | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Enver Hoxha Mehmet Shehu Beqir Balluku |
Nikita Khrushchev Aleksei Antonov Andrei Grechko | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
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Albanian Armed Forces Albanian Naval Force |
Soviet Armed Forces 40th Naval Infantry Brigade KGB | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 6,000 soldiers and dozens of artillery | 4,000 soldiers and technicians | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| none |
Material losses seized by the Albanian Army 4 submarines 5 Komsomolets torpedo boats 4 defence ships 8 minesweepers 1 degaussing ship 2 tanks 1 Torpedo (Project 368T) 1 dive boat Military casualties: Soviet transport ship was shot by cannon and destroyed Soviet group was killed several Soviet sailors were killed by Albanian soldiers | ||||||||
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