First of all i would like to cammend you all for reading about our history since in my opinion very little people do, epecialy the young generations.![]()
Second also leshator u stated the following "Most German observers agreed that without pro-German clans of northern Albania, the northern route- the only way out- would have been closed to the Germans. [/B] " I must agrea with Eni, i have read some books on our history and based on what i have read, although i have yet to read Albania at War 1939-1944. Still from what i have ready, the northern clans didn't have any weapons, because of Zogu haveing confiscated the weapons before the second world war, and when Gjon Marka Gjoni pleaded to Zog to be given weapons to protect Albania, Zogu refused fearing that Gjon Marka Gjoni would try and take power. so the northern clans all but the Mati Clan to which Zogu had no way of protecting them self's when ww2 began.
third of all, from what i have read, the Ballista and Zogista, unlike the Commies were no fighting because they wanted to save they full force for the end of the war when all the factions would make a run for the power. Also u said that if the northerners wished to stop the germans they would have. thats not true, because if that was true than why did Merdita one of the most notorious Northern tribes let the Communists destroy the Castle if u will call it of Gjon Marka Gjoni, because they had no weapons to fight with.
my next point is that it was not easy to uprise against the Germans since they had adapted the Italian system of subduing the local popules, which was to kill 500 locals for every german killed. with this law in place the Ballista and Zogista were not willing to jepordize the lives of our people so as to weaken the envidable, which was the reatreat of the germans from Albania. However the Communist party on the other had did not care what happened to the locals, thanks to them several villages were in fact wipped out by the germans.
by the way all my information i got from the book "The Albanians A Modern History By Miranda Vickers." its a great book u recomend it.
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