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1950 Albanian coastline ambushes
	Part of Operation Valuable
Date	September and Novemeber, 1950
Location	Albania, Albanian Coastline
Result	Communist Albanian victory
Belligerents
Communist Albania	United Kingdom; Supported by:; CIA; United States Air Force
Commanders and leaders
Kadri Hazbiu	Peter Dwyer; Air Support:; Roman Rudkowski
Units involved
Sigurimi	MI6;
Strength
Unknown	three British teams
Casualties and losses
none	All British troops were captured or killed

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The 1950 Albanian coastline ambushes or Raids on the Albanian coastline in 1950 unfolded, involving a conflict between Albanian Hoxhaist secret forces (Sigurimi), and multiple British teams supported by MI6.^[1]^[2] These British teams had originally landed on the Albanian coast during Operation Valuable.

References

^ Dorril, Stephen (2002). MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-0-7432-1778-1. During November, James Blackburn's boat landed two more British-backed teams on the Albanian coast
^ The Journal of Intelligence History. LIT Verlag Münster. ISBN 978-3-8258-0650-7. Despite the above development, in September and November 1950 three more British teams landed on the Albanian beach. The results were disastrous. The Albanian Security Service, Sigurimi, ambushed the SIS agents and almost all of them were killed or captured.

[:0-1] Dorril, Stephen (2002). MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-0-7432-1778-1. During November, James Blackburn's boat landed two more British-backed teams on the Albanian coast

[:1-2] The Journal of Intelligence History. LIT Verlag Münster. ISBN 978-3-8258-0650-7. Despite the above development, in September and November 1950 three more British teams landed on the Albanian beach. The results were disastrous. The Albanian Security Service, Sigurimi, ambushed the SIS agents and almost all of them were killed or captured.

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 The '''1950 Albanian coastline ambushes''' or '''Raids on the Albanian coastline in 1950''' unfolded, involving a conflict between [[Sigurimi|Albanian Hoxhaist secret forces]] (Sigurimi), and multiple [[British]] teams supported by [[MI6]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Dorril |first=Stephen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_bV5ncXNke4C&pg=PA393&dq=During+November,+James+Blackburn's+boat+landed+two+more+British-backed+teams+on+the+Albanian+coast+with&hl=de&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjwkv_o98yAAxWPSfEDHZWACHkQ6wF6BAgGEAU#v=onepage&q=During%20November,%20James%20Blackburn's%20boat%20landed%20two%20more%20British-backed%20teams%20on%20the%20Albanian%20coast%20with&f=false |title=MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service |date=2002 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-0-7432-1778-1 |language=en |quote=During November, James Blackburn's boat landed two more British-backed teams on the Albanian coast}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A8nlL7bqywsC&pg=PA78&dq=Operation+Valuable/Fiend&hl=de&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwivi-Dh2MuAAxWOSvEDHXXvA-8Q6wF6BAgFEAU#v=onepage&q=Operation%20Valuable/Fiend&f=false |title=The Journal of Intelligence History |publisher=LIT Verlag Münster |isbn=978-3-8258-0650-7 |language=en |quote=Despite the above development, in September and November 1950 three more British teams landed on the Albanian beach. The results were disastrous. The Albanian Security Service, Sigurimi, ambushed the SIS agents and almost all of them were killed or captured.}}</ref> These British teams had originally landed on the Albanian coast during [[Operation Valuable]].
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+| conflict          = 1950 Albanian coastline ambushes
+| partof            = [[Operation Valuable]]
+| image             =
+| image_size        = 300px
+| caption           =
+| date              = September and Novemeber, 1950
+| place             = [[Albania]], [[Albanian Adriatic Sea Coast|Albanian Coastline]]
+| coordinates       =
+| map_type          =
+| latitude          =
+| longitude         =
+| map_size          =
+| map_caption       =
+| map_label         =
+| territory         =
+| result            = Communist Albanian victory
+| status            =
+| combatant1        = {{flagicon|Albania|1946}} [[People's Socialist Republic of Albania|Communist Albania]]
+| combatant2        = {{flag|United Kingdom}}<br>'''Supported by:'''<br>{{flagicon image|Flag of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.svg}} [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]<br>{{flagicon image|Flag of the United States Air Force.svg}} [[United States Air Force]]
+| combatant3        =
+| commander1        = {{Flagicon|Albania|1946}} [[Kadri Hazbiu]]
+| commander2        = {{Flagicon|United Kingdom}} Peter Dwyer<br>'''Air Support:'''<br>{{flagicon|United States}} [[:pl:Roman Rudkowski|Roman Rudkowski]]
+| commander3        =
+| units1            = {{flagicon image|Sigurimi.svg}} [[Sigurimi]]
+| units2            = {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[MI6]]<br>
+| units3            =
+| strength1         = {{flagicon|Albania|1946}} Unknown
+| strength2         = {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} three British teams
+| strength3         =
+| casualties1       = {{flagicon|Albania|1946}} none
+| casualties2       = {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} All British troops were captured or killed
+| casualties3       =
+| notes             =
+}}
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