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Long Reads: Lea Ypi on the Enigmas of Modern Albania

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What Can a Nation Do Outnumbered Forty to One?

The italian occupation of albania in april 19 39 came just weeks after german troops moved into prague and franco's nationalist army conquered madrid. Some reports say the albanians resisted the invaders, but what can a nation do outnumbered forty to one? And at that point, with the help of yugoslav communists who were connected to the commantern, they come toAlbania. They decide to lead this process of unity of various elements in the left,. or what was then what one could associate with some kind of left in obeneven though, as isay, the conditions for the left were very different from other parts of europe.

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