Balli Kombëtar

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The Balli Kombëtar (literally National Front) was an Albanian nationalist, collaborationist, fascist and anti-communist resistance movement during the Second World War. It was led by Ali Këlcyra and Midhat Frashëri. The movement was formed, initially, by republican nationalists who were opposed to both communism and monarchism. Later on, it allied itself with the German occupiers and former Zogists. The group's official platform, detailed in its ten-point "Decalogue", sought the establishment of a democratic, independent ethnic Albanian state. The movement initially participated in the resistance against Italian forces and briefly cooperated with the communist-led National Liberation Movement (LANÇ) through the August 1943 Mukje Agreement. Following the breakdown of the agreement and the Italian capitulation in September 1943, its leadership and regional factions increasingly collaborated with German occupation authorities in their struggle against communist partisans. The Balli Kombëtar...

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