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typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Albania_during_WWII.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Map_of_Albania_during_WWII.png/200px-Map_of_Albania_during_WWII.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="259" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Map_of_Albania_during_WWII.png/300px-Map_of_Albania_during_WWII.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Map_of_Albania_during_WWII.png/400px-Map_of_Albania_during_WWII.png 2x" data-file-width="647" data-file-height="839" /></a><figcaption>Map of Albania during World War II</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Liberation Day</b> (<a href="/wiki/Albanian_language" title="Albanian language">Albanian</a>: <i lang="sq">Dita e Çlirimit</i>) in <a href="/wiki/Albania" title="Albania">Albania</a> is commemorated as the day, November 29, 1944, in which the country was liberated from <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a> forces by the <a href="/wiki/Albanian_resistance_during_World_War_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Albanian resistance during World War II">Albanian resistance during World War II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Pearson_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pearson-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Liberation_Day_(Albania)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-203-1691-20,_Albanien,_deutsche_Soldaten,_italienischer_Panzer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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Germany occupied Albania in September 1943, dropping paratroopers into <a href="/wiki/Tirana" title="Tirana">Tirana</a> before the Albanian guerrillas could take the capital, and the German army soon drove the guerrillas into the hills and to the south. Berlin subsequently announced it would recognize the independence of a neutral Albania and organized an Albanian government, police, and military. Many <a href="/wiki/Balli_Komb%C3%ABtar" title="Balli Kombëtar">Balli Kombëtar</a> units collaborated with the Germans against the communists, and several <a href="/wiki/Balli_Komb%C3%ABtar" title="Balli Kombëtar">Balli Kombëtar</a> leaders held positions in the German-sponsored regime.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The partisans entirely liberated Albania from German occupation on November 29, 1944. The National Liberation Army, which in October 1944 consisted of 70,000 regulars, also took part in the war alongside the antifascist coalition. By that time, the <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a> was also entering neighboring Yugoslavia, and the German Army was evacuating from Greece into Yugoslavia.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commemoration">Commemoration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Liberation_Day_(Albania)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Commemoration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Communist_era_origins">Communist era origins</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Liberation_Day_(Albania)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Communist era origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The holiday was first proclaimed in the early 1950s as a day of commemoration. During the era of the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Socialist_Republic_of_Albania" title="People's Socialist Republic of Albania">People's Socialist Republic of Albania</a>, Liberation Day was the main state holiday, celebrated with a <a href="/wiki/Military_parade" title="Military parade">military parade</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Albanian_People%27s_Army" title="Albanian People's Army">Albanian People's Army</a> on <a href="/wiki/Tirana" title="Tirana">Tirana</a>'s <a href="/wiki/D%C3%ABshmor%C3%ABt_e_Kombit_Boulevard" title="Dëshmorët e Kombit Boulevard">Dëshmorët e Kombit Boulevard</a>. The parade usually consisted of active servicemen and veterans of the UPS, <a href="/wiki/Schoolchildren" class="mw-redirect" title="Schoolchildren">schoolchildren</a> from the local <a href="/wiki/Tirana" title="Tirana">Tirana</a> school district, the men and women of the <a href="/wiki/Voluntary_Forces_of_Popular_Self-Defense" class="mw-redirect" title="Voluntary Forces of Popular Self-Defense">Voluntary Forces of Popular Self-Defense</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Guard_(Albania)" title="Republican Guard (Albania)">Republican Guard Regiment</a> and UPSh personnel from the <a href="/wiki/Sigurimi" title="Sigurimi">Directorate of State Security (Sigurimi)</a>, marching with musical accompaniment from the <a href="/wiki/Albanian_Armed_Forces_Band" title="Albanian Armed Forces Band">Band of the Albanian People's Army</a>. It was held on <a href="/wiki/Jubilee" title="Jubilee">jubilee</a> years, including on the <a href="/wiki/Ruby_jubilee" title="Ruby jubilee">ruby jubilee</a> in 1984 and the <a href="/wiki/Silver_jubilee" title="Silver jubilee">silver jubilee</a> in 1969.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1965-01_%E5%8C%97%E4%BA%AC%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%A6%E5%BA%86%E7%A5%9D%E9%98%BF%E5%B0%94%E5%B7%B4%E5%B0%BC%E4%BA%9A%E8%A7%A3%E6%94%BE20%E5%91%A8%E5%B9%B4.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/1965-01_%E5%8C%97%E4%BA%AC%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%A6%E5%BA%86%E7%A5%9D%E9%98%BF%E5%B0%94%E5%B7%B4%E5%B0%BC%E4%BA%9A%E8%A7%A3%E6%94%BE20%E5%91%A8%E5%B9%B4.jpg/220px-1965-01_%E5%8C%97%E4%BA%AC%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%A6%E5%BA%86%E7%A5%9D%E9%98%BF%E5%B0%94%E5%B7%B4%E5%B0%BC%E4%BA%9A%E8%A7%A3%E6%94%BE20%E5%91%A8%E5%B9%B4.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/1965-01_%E5%8C%97%E4%BA%AC%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%A6%E5%BA%86%E7%A5%9D%E9%98%BF%E5%B0%94%E5%B7%B4%E5%B0%BC%E4%BA%9A%E8%A7%A3%E6%94%BE20%E5%91%A8%E5%B9%B4.jpg/330px-1965-01_%E5%8C%97%E4%BA%AC%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%A6%E5%BA%86%E7%A5%9D%E9%98%BF%E5%B0%94%E5%B7%B4%E5%B0%BC%E4%BA%9A%E8%A7%A3%E6%94%BE20%E5%91%A8%E5%B9%B4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/1965-01_%E5%8C%97%E4%BA%AC%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%A6%E5%BA%86%E7%A5%9D%E9%98%BF%E5%B0%94%E5%B7%B4%E5%B0%BC%E4%BA%9A%E8%A7%A3%E6%94%BE20%E5%91%A8%E5%B9%B4.jpg/440px-1965-01_%E5%8C%97%E4%BA%AC%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%A6%E5%BA%86%E7%A5%9D%E9%98%BF%E5%B0%94%E5%B7%B4%E5%B0%BC%E4%BA%9A%E8%A7%A3%E6%94%BE20%E5%91%A8%E5%B9%B4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="763" data-file-height="610" /></a><figcaption>A 1964 celebration at <a href="/wiki/Peking_University" title="Peking University">Peking University</a> in honor of the 20th anniversary of the liberation of Albania.</figcaption></figure> <p>A commemorative coin called <i>"50 Qindarka"</i> was issued by the <a href="/wiki/Bank_of_Albania" title="Bank of Albania">Bank of Albania</a> in honor of the 25th anniversary of the Liberation of Albania. <a href="/wiki/Qemal_Stafa_Stadium" title="Qemal Stafa Stadium">Qemal Stafa Stadium</a> was renovated in time for the 30th anniversary in 1974. </p><p>In the 50s and 60s, Albanians at foreign universities such as <a href="/wiki/Peking_University" title="Peking University">Peking University</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kim_Il-sung_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Kim Il-sung University">Kim Il-sung University</a> have held cross cultural events on the holiday.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modern_times">Modern times</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Liberation_Day_(Albania)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Modern times"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Liberation Day comes a day after the <a href="/wiki/Albanian_Flag_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="Albanian Flag Day">Albanian Flag Day</a> or Independence Day commemorating the <a href="/wiki/Albanian_Declaration_of_Independence" title="Albanian Declaration of Independence">Albanian Declaration of Independence</a> and the rise of the <a href="/wiki/Albanian_flag" class="mw-redirect" title="Albanian flag">Albanian flag</a> in <a href="/wiki/Vlora" class="mw-redirect" title="Vlora">Vlora</a> on November 28, 1912. As a result, the celebrations are connected. The entire two day period is a non-working day.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Today, the holiday is celebrated with a national ceremony of some sort including the <a href="/wiki/Albanian_Armed_Forces" title="Albanian Armed Forces">Albanian Armed Forces</a>. A wreath laying ceremony takes place in the <a href="/wiki/National_Martyrs%27_Cemetery_of_Albania" title="National Martyrs' Cemetery of Albania">National Martyrs' Cemetery of Albania</a>, where 900 war dead are buried.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These events are held in the presence of the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Albania" title="President of Albania">President of Albania</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Albania" title="Prime Minister of Albania">Prime Minister</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Parliament_of_Albania" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairman of the Parliament of Albania">Chairman of the Parliament</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defense_of_Albania" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Defense of Albania">Minister of Defense</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Albanian_General_Staff" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of the Albanian General Staff">Chief of the Albanian General Staff</a> and MPs of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Albania" title="Parliament of Albania">Kuvendi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2014, a military parade took place at the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(Albania)" title="Ministry of Defence (Albania)">Ministry of Defense</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Platinum_jubilee" title="Platinum jubilee">platinum jubilee</a> of the Liberation of Albania, which included an <a href="/wiki/Exhibition_drill" title="Exhibition drill">exhibition drill</a> and a mass inspection.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversy">Controversy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Liberation_Day_(Albania)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the celebrations, war veterans often march in processions or sit at ceremonies while either carrying portraits of <a href="/wiki/Enver_Hoxha" title="Enver Hoxha">Enver Hoxha</a> or performing the Hoxhaist Salute.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> This is controversial because some consider Hoxha's legacy similar to <a href="/wiki/Mao_Zedong" title="Mao Zedong">Mao Zedong</a> in <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> or <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Stalin" title="Joseph Stalin">Joseph Stalin</a> in the <a href="/wiki/USSR" class="mw-redirect" title="USSR">USSR</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag may use weasel words or too-vague attribution. (November 2021)">by whom?</span></a></i>]</sup> The <a href="/wiki/Embassy_of_the_United_States,_Tirana" title="Embassy of the United States, Tirana">American Embassy</a> reported that during the 70th Anniversary celebrations, Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Edi_Rama" title="Edi Rama">Edi Rama</a> ordered that these veterans be asked to leave.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Liberation_Day_(Albania)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Pearson-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Pearson_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFPearson,_Owen2006" class="citation book cs1">Pearson, Owen (2006). <i>Albania as dictatorship and democracy: from isolation to the Kosovo War</i>. 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The SOE in Albania by a brother-in-arms of <a href="/wiki/Julian_Amery" title="Julian Amery">Julian Amery</a> and <a href="/wiki/Neil_McLean_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Neil McLean (politician)">Neil "Billy" McLean</a>. With numerous photographs.</li> <li>Colonel <a href="/wiki/David_Smiley" title="David Smiley">David Smiley</a>. <i>Irregular Regular</i>, Michael Russell, Norwich, 1994 (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0%2B85955%2B202%2B0" title="Special:BookSources/0+85955+202+0">0 85955 202 0</a>). Translated in French in 2008. <i>Au coeur de l’action clandestine. 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