November 29 marks the 76th anniversary of the Liberation of Albania from Nazi-Fascist occupiers in World War II. 

During the Second World War, the National Liberation Army of Albania launched an armed uprising against the occupation of the country. 

From April 7, 1939 until November 29, 1944, Albania had been occupied by Nazi-Fascist. Firstly by fascist Italy and after its capitulation, in the autumn of 1943, Albania was occupied by German forces. 

At the end of November 1944, after the Liberation of Tirana, on November 17 and the main part of Northern Albania, the city of Shkodra and its region remained to be liberated. Shkodra was liberated on November 29, 1944. 

Albania is the first country in the Balkans to be liberated with its own forces, while all other Balkan states were liberated with the help of the Red Army.