1950 Albanian coastline ambushes
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| 1950 Albanian coastline ambushes | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Communist Albania |
 United Kingdom | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Kadri Hazbiu |
Peter Dwyer | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
 Sigurimi |
MI6 | ||||||
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Unknown |
three British backed teams | ||||||
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none |
All teams were captured or killed | ||||||
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-backed teams supported by MI6.[1][2][3]
Aftermath
The landings during the covert operation were a failure, as all of the British agents were killed or captured.[2]
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
- ^ a b 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-backed 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.
- ^ Prados 2006, p. 63.
Works cited
- Prados, John (2006). Safe for democracy : the secret wars of the CIA. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee. ISBN 978-1-61578-011-2. OCLC 812925034.