Vlora incident
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The Vlora incident was a military attack by Albania against the Soviet Union in the Mediterranean Sea in 1961.[10][11] It was a significant event in the history of Albania; it marked the culmination of political and military tensions between Albania and the Soviet Union, which led to the expulsion of Soviet forces from Albania.
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Vlora incident | |||||||||
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Part of the Cold War and Albanian–Soviet split | |||||||||
Withdrawal of the Soviet Navy from Pasha Liman Base, Vlora (1961) | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Albania | Soviet Union | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Enver Hoxha Mehmet Shehu Beqir Balluku |
Nikita Khrushchev Aleksei Antonov[2] Andrei Grechko[3] | ||||||||
Units involved | |||||||||
Albanian Armed Forces Albanian Naval Force |
Soviet Armed Forces 40th Naval Infantry Brigade KGB | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
6,000 soldiers[4] and dozens of artillery[5] | 4,000 soldiers and technicians[6] | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
none |
Material losses seized by the Albanian Army 4 submarines 5 Komsomolets torpedo boats[7] 4 defence ships 8 minesweepers 1 degaussing ship 2 tanks 1 Torpedo (Project 368T) 1 dive boat[8] Military casualties: Soviet transport ship was shot by cannon and destroyed Soviet group was killed[2] several Soviet sailors were killed by Albanian soldiers[9] |
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