Kurtez ambush

Kurtez ambush
Part of the Albanian Resistance of World War II
DateAugust 12, 1943
Location
Result Ballist victory
Belligerents
Balli Kombëtar Nazi Germany Germany
Commanders and leaders
Qemal Burimi
United Kingdom David Smiley
Nazi Germany Unknown
Strength
200 Nazi Germany 250
Casualties and losses
None Nazi Germany 30–35 killed
Nazi Germany 4 trucks
Nazi Germany 1 field gun

The Kurtez ambush occurred on August 12, 1943, near the village of Kurtez in the Kolonjë District of Korçë County in southeastern Albania. It was carried out by Balli Kombëtar during the Albanian Resistance of World War II. Two hundred local Balli Kombëtar militants, commanded by Qemal Burimi and David Smiley, ambushed a German convoy and a troop carrier, inflicting heavy losses on the German troops.[1]

  1. ^ Pearson, Owen (2006). Albania in Occupation and War: From Fascism to Communism 1940-1945. I.B.Tauris. p. 266. ISBN 1-84511-104-4.