1939

During WWII, the city was first invaded by the Italian army on 12 April 1939. Italian occupation of Pogradec was interrupted due to Greco-Italian War and Greek troops occupied the city between 30 November 1940 and 14 April 1941. After Italy’s capitulation in 1943, the Italians were replaced by the German Nazis who kept the city until 30 August 1944 when it was liberated by the Albanian partisans.

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