Balli Kombëtar

*Balli Kombëtar*
Balli Kombëtar
Leader	Mid'hat Frashëri
Dates of operation	1942–1945
Active regions	Albania
Ideology	Albanian nationalism; Fascism; Anti-communism; Anti-Greek sentiment ; Anti-Serb sentiment ; Republicanism ; Conservatism ; Agrarian socialism ; Big tent
Size	35,000–50,000
Part of	Italian protectorate of Albania (1939–1943)
Allies	Albanian Partisans (1942–1943) ; Germany (1944)
Opponents	Italy (1942–1943); Albanian Partisans (1943–1945); Yugoslav Partisans; EDES/EAM; Chetniks
Battles and wars	World War II in Yugoslavia Battle of Novi Pazar; Kosovo Operation (1944); Karadak-Gollak Uprising (1941-1951) Battle of Preševo (1944); Battle of Skopje (1944); ; ; World War II in Yugoslav Macedonia Stratsin–Kumanovo operation; ; World War II in Albania Battle of Gjorm; Battle of Drashovica; Kurtës ambush; Battle of Tirana and Kruja (1943); Beteja e Gjinoqarit; Liberation of Tepelena; Operation "Edelweiss"; ; World War II in Greece Battle of Menina; Italian Spring Offensive; ;

The Balli Kombëtar (literally National Front) was an Albanian nationalist, collaborationist, and anti-communist resistance movement during the Second World War. It was led by Ali Këlcyra and by Midhat Frashëri. The movement was formed by members from the landowning elite, liberal nationalists opposed to communism, and other sectors of society in Albania.

The motto of the Balli Kombëtar was: Shqipëria Shqiptarëve, Vdekje Tradhëtarëve (Albania to the Albanians, Death to the Traitors). Eventually, the Balli Kombëtar joined the Nazi Germany-established puppet government as part of the German occupation of Albania and fought as an ally against communist guerrilla groups. The Balli Kombëtar engaged in significant acts of terror culminating in atrocities committed against Serb and Greek civilians.

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