Western Attempts to Overthrow Stalinist Albania - Cold War DOCUMENTARY

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  • @TheColdWarTV
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    • @chrissanchez2998
      @chrissanchez2998 Před rokem

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    • @beepboop204
      @beepboop204 Před rokem +1

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    • @brokenbridge6316
      @brokenbridge6316 Před rokem

      Hey have you ever considered talking about "Operation Solo?"

    • @diegoyanesholtz212
      @diegoyanesholtz212 Před rokem

      Can you do the Brazilian coup d'estat of 1964?

  • @mr.nobodyknows6447
    @mr.nobodyknows6447 Před rokem +223

    As an Albanian seeing all these interventions by the Western "mercenaries" explains the stubbornness of Enver when it came to open relations with the West. Further more the split with the Soviets gave Enver even more paranoia. Stuck between an unfriendly East and unfriendly West lead the cause for a heavy "bunkerization" . This of course weakened the economy and worsened the living standard.

    • @violetagardenia
      @violetagardenia Před rokem +52

      This is a key point indeed. In fact this is what liberals never acknowledge: that geopolitics is a crucial factor in internal economics.
      Also “personalizing” history is grave historiographic mistake: “mao did this, stalin controlled everything, enver was mad, etc etc” No man rules alone and since classic central planned economies had deficiencies in the distribution of info “communist dictators” could hardly “c0ntr0l Ev3ryth1ng”.
      As you said his policies were driven by a need of impeding yugoslavian, soviet and nato sabotage

    • @nvelsen1975
      @nvelsen1975 Před rokem

      @@violetagardenia
      How do you say "I am extremely dumb and have negative knowledge" without saying so? By using the term 'liberal' as a pejorative term.
      Good job Sergei, or Bubba, whichever hole you crawled from.

    • @warrior6803
      @warrior6803 Před rokem +1

      Now they can visit nuclear bunkers that keept them at bay

    • @_antike_cdo_gje489
      @_antike_cdo_gje489 Před rokem +1

      ​@@violetagardenia not true l am a Albanian this is not true ....l will have you a good questions? Why Enver Hoxha bunkering Albania?

    • @HK-pp9ig
      @HK-pp9ig Před rokem +6

      @@_antike_cdo_gje489 Because hoxha had no clue how much the military machine had progressed from the WW1 or WW2... hoxha thought that tthe West would be sending parachutists with guns.... a US bomber in 1999 when bombing Serbian army took aim at one Albanian bunker in the north and just nailed it down in earth... so the occupant would be dead anyway... whatever; hoxha was a hypocrite; he behaved as a friendly grandpa on Albanian media and in meeting with "people", but privately he ordered all his comrades killed behind their backs... one by one, even torturing some of them, in order to leave behind someone who would ensure his line will continue after hoxha's death, and safeguard hoxha's widow and children... who by the way became capitalist entrepreneurs after the fall of communist dictatorship of their father.

  • @CONTACTLIGHTTOMMY
    @CONTACTLIGHTTOMMY Před rokem +65

    True story...
    One night during the mid 70's, I was listening to my shortwave radio and came across a station which was broadcasting incredibly vitriolic propaganda against the West. My first thought was Pol Pots Cambodia, but when the hour came and they did their station identification, it was Radio Tirana.

    • @HellqueenRoz
      @HellqueenRoz Před rokem +32

      Hoxha's regimes propaganda against the USA and other Western countries was actually so extreme and outspoken that their one-time Soviet allies told them to tone it down because it made them look bad.

    • @agentepolaris4914
      @agentepolaris4914 Před rokem +3

      ​@@HellqueenRoz is really that so?

    • @777Lxxx
      @777Lxxx Před rokem +8

      @@agentepolaris4914Albania broke ties with USSR because the Russians weren't Stalinist enough...

    • @michaelhorn6029
      @michaelhorn6029 Před 11 měsíci +3

      I remember those shortwave stations. Like an early internet.

    • @CONTACTLIGHTTOMMY
      @CONTACTLIGHTTOMMY Před 11 měsíci +4

      It was really bizarre. I'm pretty sure the radio announcer was about to pop an aneurysm. As I recall, he was really railing against Greece. Claiming that Greece was plotting to attack and similar nonsense. I was like...whoa, relax, calm down fella.
      Can any Albanians out there corroborate that?

  • @ekmalsukarno2302
    @ekmalsukarno2302 Před rokem +163

    The Cold War, can you please make a video on Françafrique, which is basically France's Monroe Doctrine approach towards Africa. I want you to make a video on this topic, since the concept of Françafrique dates back to the Cold War era.

  • @tng2057
    @tng2057 Před rokem +75

    So much similarities between N Korea and Albania during those days. Both heavily backed by a certain big Asian country.

    • @rhedosaurus2251
      @rhedosaurus2251 Před rokem +27

      And in the end, both countries winded up turning on China.

    • @cuber5003
      @cuber5003 Před rokem +10

      ​@@rhedosaurus2251 you'd think they learn too... diplomacy with Chinese characteristics

    • @rainbowraver666
      @rainbowraver666 Před rokem +1

      yeah as it turns out, when the alternative is a world power that is determined to overthrow you and crush you, you're better off allying with someone else, go figure

    • @Peacemaker475
      @Peacemaker475 Před rokem +1

      ​@@rhedosaurus2251 and Greece

    • @Burrito69killer
      @Burrito69killer Před rokem

      mongolia B)

  • @A_10_PaAng_111
    @A_10_PaAng_111 Před rokem +27

    About time someone covers Albania in depth.

    • @shiverarts8284
      @shiverarts8284 Před 2 měsíci

      The talker looks like maozedong or kim jung un

  • @teachermike1947
    @teachermike1947 Před rokem +25

    LOVE your channel and so happy you made this! I spent 3 months in Albania and really love the country and it's history, particularly the the Hoxha period..but as you know there is relatively precious little English language content around...

  • @tommo9176
    @tommo9176 Před rokem +15

    Great job guys!

  • @KonstanzArrens
    @KonstanzArrens Před rokem +6

    An informative brief overview of a little known piece of Cold War history. Good work.

  • @konst80hum
    @konst80hum Před rokem

    Very informative. Thank you!

  • @EdMcF1
    @EdMcF1 Před 10 měsíci +4

    Around the end of 1984/early 1985 I was in Portugal and had a MW radio. I started twiddling to tune into an English-language station and I got an Albanian radio broadcast in English. Every item of news seemed to be stated in terms denouncing the West, and then the Soviets and the Chinese as ideological deviants. I thought that I was probably the only person in the whole Iberian peninsula tuning in.

  • @boxslave
    @boxslave Před rokem +10

    Came here to make a King Zog comment. My advisor in University met him in NYC, later on Zog got his jacket caught in the subway door. Also as far as I know Zog was the only head of state to actually fire a weapon on a attempted assassin.

    • @yeetfifa8190
      @yeetfifa8190 Před rokem +7

      He also emptied the entire gold reserve when he fled the country and abandoned his own country which he previously turned from a young fledgling republic in to a semi despotic monarchy

    • @metigame1450
      @metigame1450 Před rokem

      And probably the best sounding name ever for a king.

    • @MrGentilushi
      @MrGentilushi Před rokem +2

      He fired at his own assassin and after shooting him he treated all the the people at the bar with free drinks ...lol

    • @royale7620
      @royale7620 Před 10 měsíci

      ​@@yeetfifa8190thats garbage communist propaganda lol

  • @treverblanco
    @treverblanco Před rokem +12

    Great episode!

  • @bricksbrickman
    @bricksbrickman Před rokem +9

    Fun fact: the footage used in the section at 11:10 is from the WW2 infantry training video "how to get killed in one easy lesson". It's funny because I've only watched it once a couple years ago but the scene shown still stuck with me.

  • @v4ltonn
    @v4ltonn Před rokem +2

    Very good video. keep it up !

  • @the_ratmeister
    @the_ratmeister Před rokem +21

    Another petition for a Françafrique video

  • @brokenbridge6316
    @brokenbridge6316 Před rokem +1

    Glad to hear about a subject that most don't talk about

  • @alandesouzacruz5124
    @alandesouzacruz5124 Před rokem

    Interesting Topic great Episode

  • @soul8938
    @soul8938 Před rokem +17

    Makes one think how hoxha has always been depicted as „unjustly“ paranoid….

    • @eaglempire_mapper
      @eaglempire_mapper Před měsícem

      Enver ATHEIST
      Hoxha-in Albanian means Imam. But he was just an atheist psychopath, nothing more!

  • @stevoplex
    @stevoplex Před rokem +14

    I've always imagined Communist Albania as the North Korea of Europe. Fascinating video and channel. I'm a political refugee from Communist Czechoslovakia.

    • @jakesuper6447
      @jakesuper6447 Před rokem

      North Korea is capitalist and revisionist
      Juche is an anti marxist ideology

    • @vipeton.8927
      @vipeton.8927 Před 9 měsíci +2

      Even 30 years after dissolution?

    • @stevoplex
      @stevoplex Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@vipeton.8927
      No. I'm remembering from 30 years ago. It's different now.

    • @vipeton.8927
      @vipeton.8927 Před 9 měsíci +3

      @@stevoplex oh, OK. I was living in Slovakia last year. Nice place, people are very friendly. Really liked Nitra and Komarno. And president of Slovakia seems to be very likeable person.

  • @mohammedsaysrashid3587
    @mohammedsaysrashid3587 Před rokem +22

    Wonderful historical coverage about Albania 🇦🇱 during the Cold War 🥶

  • @hheyop
    @hheyop Před rokem +9

    I was looking for this content on internet before, great to see it

  • @Numba003
    @Numba003 Před rokem +10

    Is there a total count somewhere of just how many coups were attempted by both sides during the Cold War? It has to be a ridiculous number. Thank you for another informative episode.
    God be with you out there everybody. ✝️ :)

  • @KonradAdenauerJr
    @KonradAdenauerJr Před 10 měsíci

    Thank you for presenting this topic, which is one of Cold War's most obscure. Sigurimi had been trained by Soviet security and intel operatives, and what you describe the Sigurimi doing was Soviet tradecraft.

  • @soul8938
    @soul8938 Před rokem +6

    Wow stellar pronunciation of albanian names, very well done 👍🏻

  • @carbonfibercrypto2919
    @carbonfibercrypto2919 Před 11 měsíci +4

    why do i get the feeling that this host wouldve been one of the most loyal comrades

    • @jjr1728
      @jjr1728 Před měsícem +1

      The cheap suit and commie type artwork on his wall might be a clue

  • @FlavourlessQuark
    @FlavourlessQuark Před rokem +3

    3:47 I also hate it when a burp comes up in the wrong moment lol

  • @donnyboon2896
    @donnyboon2896 Před rokem +2

    @8:00 You show the "Man of Three Armies" Larry Thorne. Finland, SS, and US Army! (Lauri Törni)

  •  Před rokem

    Very intersting

  • @donaldhysa4836
    @donaldhysa4836 Před rokem +15

    I cannot believe how effective this Sigurimi was. Why can't we apply that effectivness in other areas now in Albania?

    • @777Lxxx
      @777Lxxx Před rokem

      1 in 2 people were spies back than that's why

    • @jakesuper6447
      @jakesuper6447 Před rokem +3

      Because capitalism
      The proletariat of albania needs to restore socialism

    • @donaldhysa4836
      @donaldhysa4836 Před rokem +4

      @@jakesuper6447 But we had bread lines in socialism

    • @blerimdl
      @blerimdl Před 10 měsíci +1

      Because brothers snitched on each other. And you had spies everywhere .

    • @renatodeoliveira1915
      @renatodeoliveira1915 Před 8 měsíci

      @@donaldhysa4836 well at least you get food in capitalism you just starve without bread lines

  • @hairy_putin
    @hairy_putin Před rokem +21

    No wonder the paranoid King of Bunkers was so jumpy.

  • @samwill7259
    @samwill7259 Před rokem +17

    Not sure what the plan was after they DID overthrow Hoxha. The Soviets had already made it clear they were never going to let any of their satallite states freely change governments for any reason

    • @whocares427
      @whocares427 Před rokem +6

      How do they invade. Through the Adriatic? And therefore through the Bosphorus as well?

    • @cuber5003
      @cuber5003 Před rokem

      @@whocares427 they did have small bases in Egypt in the 60s but by then Hoxha had disavowed them already

    • @johnmeskill2015
      @johnmeskill2015 Před rokem +6

      In the 1960s, I think Hoxha was afraid of being overthrown by the Soviet Union.

    • @enverhoxha545
      @enverhoxha545 Před rokem +1

      They fail everytime

  • @GamersAdventureWorldGAWYT

    You simply can never overthrow glorious Albania.
    Edit: Guys I’m being sarcastic, it’s related to the Albania memes.

    • @nashbridges-cu6dy
      @nashbridges-cu6dy Před rokem

      Why glorious?

    • @loscaballerostemplarios13
      @loscaballerostemplarios13 Před rokem +9

      @@nashbridges-cu6dymaybe he meant the glorious socialist Albania, the transformation we had as a country in less than 30 years is gigantic. We were transformed from a feudal society with primitive technology to an advanced and sophisticated industry, we would produce tractors, ships, TVs, different weapons, the first country to completely finish the electrification, 3rd in the world for chrome production, 2nd in Europe for oil, all these things achieved during the socialist regime under the leadership of Enver Hoxha, also our army was very strong, so yeah it was glorious but not it’s only a shadow of its past.

    • @carbonfibercrypto2919
      @carbonfibercrypto2919 Před 11 měsíci

      nothing you've done over there is sophisticated

    • @nashbridges-cu6dy
      @nashbridges-cu6dy Před 10 měsíci

      @@loscaballerostemplarios13 can you make a simple car like Yugo?

    • @loscaballerostemplarios13
      @loscaballerostemplarios13 Před 10 měsíci +2

      @@nashbridges-cu6dy Yes.🗿

  • @michaelhorn6029
    @michaelhorn6029 Před 11 měsíci

    Hold tge phone! Is that video of Stalin with Mao on one side and Kruschev on the other side? That's a lot of history right there.

  • @AnatoliDvoyachki
    @AnatoliDvoyachki Před rokem +2

    Can you make a video about Bulgaria?

  • @arnbo88
    @arnbo88 Před rokem +1

    Is that Larry Thorne @ 8:07?

  • @killer52gaming82
    @killer52gaming82 Před rokem +1

    anyone notice the top left portrait at 15:33?

  • @vladilenkalatschev4915
    @vladilenkalatschev4915 Před měsícem +1

    Listening to this I am beginning to understand that Hoxha’s paranoia wasn’t without reasons

  • @johnleka5347
    @johnleka5347 Před 2 měsíci

    My grandfather cousin was the first to parachute in the south of albania in 1949 for the operation "fontana".

  • @iskandartaib
    @iskandartaib Před rokem +24

    If you are into travel blogs (in this context I recommend Bald and Bankrupt), one of the more interesting features of Albania is the sheer number of bunkers in the country. They're everywhere, in cities, in small villages, in back gardens.. everything from one man affairs to city block sized labyrinths. Now I can begin to see why they were so paranoid.

    • @agentepolaris4914
      @agentepolaris4914 Před rokem

      I love Mr. Bald's videos, I hope he goes back to gravel through the former USSR some day

    • @iskandartaib
      @iskandartaib Před 11 měsíci

      A couple bits of Russian I picked up from his videos.. "I understand", "Gotcha", "Righto" = Ponyoponyoponyo and "Thank you" = 'spossible. 😁😁

    • @toobalkain
      @toobalkain Před 10 měsíci

      bunkers, no?

    • @EdMcF1
      @EdMcF1 Před 10 měsíci

      There are quite a few bunkers in England, e.g. hexagonal pill-boxes covering beaches, or land that could be used for landing aircraft or paratroopers.

    • @yumallah
      @yumallah Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@iskandartaib *Ponyal *Spasibo

  • @Pr1ckles
    @Pr1ckles Před rokem +9

    Anyone been to Albania? I'm thinking of going there this year... I'm from the UK by the way.

    • @MH-jg6vk
      @MH-jg6vk Před rokem

      yes, a wonderful place indeed. It is like Greece with only 10% of the cost !

    • @A_10_PaAng_111
      @A_10_PaAng_111 Před rokem

      Yes. No comment 🙄.

    • @Peacemaker475
      @Peacemaker475 Před rokem

      ​@@MH-jg6vk who said that Albania is a wonderful place? Huh?

    • @Peacemaker475
      @Peacemaker475 Před rokem

      I think I'll suggest you go to Sweden.

    • @MH-jg6vk
      @MH-jg6vk Před rokem +7

      @@Peacemaker475 everyone that’s been there for touristic purposes…

  • @Tuta25Tuta5
    @Tuta25Tuta5 Před 7 měsíci +1

    to talk about Enver, you need a deep analysis of the time. Today, fortunately, Albania is experiencing an economic boom thanks to the industry that is developing at a fast pace, very soon factories will be built that will be the envy of the world, people will receive rewards good, 3-4 thousand euros per month without taxes, the oil found during Enver's time is being taken by the Shell oil company and Albania is getting ready to be fed with a spoonful of gold. The Africans have understood this, and through the Italian Prime Minister Maloni and the Prime Minister Edi Rama, they have made an agreement to come from Italy to Albania, since many Albanians have emigrated around the world, and there was no one to use these golden spoons. The apartments have a price like in Manhattan. This is the happiness and well-being that socialism could not give us Albanians, but thanks to democracy, it gives it to Africans. Only one worry is, don't come too many refugees, and there are not enough spoons in Albania!!🤣🤣🤣

  • @enverhoxha545
    @enverhoxha545 Před rokem +4

    Finally he talk about me

  • @SocialismForAll
    @SocialismForAll Před 8 měsíci +2

    Reducing political clashes during the establishment of a modern nation-state following a major anti-fascist war to "karma" is absurd. As far as the "anti-communist exiles," they are fascists, so just call them that.

  • @michaellynes3540
    @michaellynes3540 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Skip to 2:43

  • @TolaTrucking
    @TolaTrucking Před rokem

    Had these missions succeeded I probably wouldn't be where I'm at

  • @noejaun2540
    @noejaun2540 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Stalinist? My boy Enver Hoxha didn't build a million bunkers and die strangling revisionists with his bare hands to go down as merely a Stalinist.

  • @forthrightgambitia1032
    @forthrightgambitia1032 Před rokem +1

    There is an early Adam Curtis documentatory on one of these attempts here: czcams.com/video/Y8heotQbzv8/video.html

  • @jovanmandic1228
    @jovanmandic1228 Před rokem +13

    Yugoslavia helped CIA and albanian fascists against Hoxha. As a Yugoslav im sorry that my country took part in this imperialist mission, eternal glory to comrade Hoxha ✊

    • @Rake3577
      @Rake3577 Před rokem +5

      And then the US broke up and destroyed Yoguslavia, it’s not called Divide and Conquer for no reason

    • @FxalTodo.
      @FxalTodo. Před rokem

      A ekziston ende yugosllavia.
      ? Nuk e dija, të zgjohem kam rënë në një muzgu të përjetshëm.

    • @lagjescuni5482
      @lagjescuni5482 Před 11 měsíci +6

      @@Rake3577 Yougoslavia was destroyed by Milosevic's gang and the dissolution of yugoslavia started in the 80s

    • @cehaem2
      @cehaem2 Před 9 měsíci

      @@lagjescuni5482 It wasn't Milosevic that split away from Yugoslavia.,...

  • @CARL_093
    @CARL_093 Před rokem +5

    true on intro

  • @e99g
    @e99g Před 8 měsíci +1

    Kim Il Sung actually visited a couple of times Albania

  • @costatv3298
    @costatv3298 Před rokem +3

    when sigurimi was stronger than CIA, MI6 and all the others. enver knows everything, even if someone had tooth inflammation

  • @Seouldrift7
    @Seouldrift7 Před rokem

    Operation Pico (1977) Operation Urgent Fury (1983)

  • @Mitche23
    @Mitche23 Před rokem +4

    Kim Philby was a communist spy, that was a mayor intelligence failure

  • @bendafyddgillard
    @bendafyddgillard Před rokem +4

    disappointed about seeing you shill for "Masterworks". I know The Cold War got to get paid, son, but art "investment" is gross. Fascinating topic today though. Had to lol when it turned out all those dirty tricks actually backfired.

  • @OTDMilitaryHistory
    @OTDMilitaryHistory Před rokem +1

    Was this revenge for Sparrow infiltrating through the Simpsons?

  • @elatirones
    @elatirones Před 8 měsíci +1

    i'm proud to be Albanian

  • @Johnnycdrums
    @Johnnycdrums Před rokem

    Kim Philby was a triple agent working for the British Empire.
    London could not allow the "American Colonies" to be the undisputed super power.
    Britain needed to be needed, and as such, they created the scenario which created them to be so..

  • @bishopmayberry8762
    @bishopmayberry8762 Před rokem +1

    Filby a real Albania 🇦🇱 hero

  • @travis8895
    @travis8895 Před rokem +4

    Can any Albanians give me their opinion on this? I know thay generally, people there like the US and don't like communism. I wonder how this topic is viewed there

    • @andro9009
      @andro9009 Před rokem

      I am a albania and people still love the communist party of Albania.

    • @andro9009
      @andro9009 Před rokem +2

      @@blackeagle7947 I hate communist party of Albania 🤬🤬.

    • @ahmetzogu3289
      @ahmetzogu3289 Před rokem

      Albanians are multi skilled entrepreneurs, and as such they go by the motto: you pay we stay. It doesn't matter who is in power, Albanians were born to resist and disobey. It's in their DNA.

    • @donaldhysa4836
      @donaldhysa4836 Před rokem +8

      I dont like communism but I wish our current albanian government was at least 1% as efficient as Sigurimi was back then

    • @albundy1767
      @albundy1767 Před rokem

      @@dingo4359very accurate statement. 🫡👍

  • @MadJackChurchill1312
    @MadJackChurchill1312 Před 7 měsíci +10

    Morons: “Enver was sooooo paranoid!”
    Western powers:

  • @StealthEagle9
    @StealthEagle9 Před rokem +1

    Sigurimi only from its name was dope

  • @hanzup4117
    @hanzup4117 Před rokem +3

    Did the American and British government's attitude toward Albania change much after Albania aligned with China?

    • @truekapo3968
      @truekapo3968 Před rokem +1

      I dont think they cared about albania till the fall of the wall to say the least

    • @josemourinho9235
      @josemourinho9235 Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@truekapo3968they cared because Albania was strategic place because was the only country in 1963 in Warschau Pact that was not landlocked in South Europe…

    • @waitaminute2015
      @waitaminute2015 Před 6 měsíci

      I don't think China was considered a threat at that time.

  • @michaellynes3540
    @michaellynes3540 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Albania during the Cold War was Europe’s North Korea.

  • @dans9463
    @dans9463 Před 10 měsíci +1

    I paid for no advertising

  • @zico739
    @zico739 Před rokem +5

    And now Albania is part of NATO.

    • @Peacemaker475
      @Peacemaker475 Před rokem

      Because they're idiots

    • @soul8938
      @soul8938 Před rokem

      Decades of complete isolationism and the communists government turning into a hoxha cult ultimately left Albania no other choice after hoxhas death

  • @Tmb1112
    @Tmb1112 Před rokem +4

    You know the title says “attempt” but I seem to recall that Albania leaves the Warsaw Pact by 1968. Seems whatever was done ended up pretty well.

    • @aleksaradojicic8114
      @aleksaradojicic8114 Před rokem +13

      They left WP, but stay communist country until end, with there ally being China instead of USSR.

    • @obsidianjane4413
      @obsidianjane4413 Před rokem +22

      Only because you don't know the context behind it. It had nothing to do with Western meddling, but was disagreements in ideology. Hoxha was an authoritarian Stalinist. He did not agree with the "liberalization" of Khrushchev and conflicts within the international communist block that he was "allowing" to happen, the Sino-Soviet split, and the invasion of Czechoslovakia. The Albanians realized that the USSR was just as "Imperialist" as the West and betrayed Marxism.

    • @BXx-ug8gu
      @BXx-ug8gu Před rokem

      Reason why hoxha became to much stalinist is because they wanted him dead , soo enver find an excuse to divorce with soviets

    • @ahmetzogu3289
      @ahmetzogu3289 Před rokem

      @@obsidianjane4413 That was political rhetoric. The real reason was economics. Albania wasn't going to let a superpower like the USSR bleed it dry. Albania became the official mouthpiece for sugar daddy China in the UN.

  • @Pavlos_Charalambous
    @Pavlos_Charalambous Před rokem +17

    Fun fact, Enver Hoxha was more of a Stalinist than Stalin himself 😉

    • @aureliogj7966
      @aureliogj7966 Před rokem +7

      Fun for who? My parents lived under his regime and “fun” was never an epithet they used to describe it.

    • @Pavlos_Charalambous
      @Pavlos_Charalambous Před rokem +5

      ​@@aureliogj7966 I used it sarcastically
      As the opposite of " fun"

    • @ahmetzogu3289
      @ahmetzogu3289 Před rokem

      Stalin was a deluded criminal. Hoxha was a humanist .

    • @jakesuper6447
      @jakesuper6447 Před rokem

      ​@Aurelio Gj
      Maybe they shouldn't have been capitalists lol?
      They probably deserved it
      Albania has blood feuds and mass unemployment and is a slave to international capital

    • @connorconnor7536
      @connorconnor7536 Před 10 měsíci

      ​@@aureliogj7966my parents too, communists took everything from my family and send them to a village for work, they worked 16 hours a day, and they had nothing, i cant believe there is people in albania and in the world who are communists, theu dont know shit about communism and how bad is it

  • @AxelPoliti
    @AxelPoliti Před 6 měsíci

    What a shame! We had North Korea in front of us Italian: barely a word for the suffering of Albanian people.

  • @alanstrong55
    @alanstrong55 Před rokem +11

    Albania was likely as oppressive as Bulgaria. Glad communism eventually fell there.

    • @andin3720
      @andin3720 Před rokem +3

      Way more oppressive.

    • @ahmetzogu3289
      @ahmetzogu3289 Před rokem

      Albanians aren't oppressive they are stubborn and aggressive. Work around that and you will be fine.

  • @KOSOVA-IS-Albania
    @KOSOVA-IS-Albania Před 5 měsíci +2

    I am not saying enver hoxha was perfect but If enver hoxha wasn’t alive Albania would been invaded by Greece and Yugoslavia and Greece wanted to take south Albania and Yugoslavia wanted north Albania.

  • @ricardog.n3562
    @ricardog.n3562 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Albania "Stalinist" Hoxaists around the world "Are we clowns to you 🤡🤡 ?" Stalinism is like saying that there is Kin Jo Unizmo, when in fact it is just a continuation of Juche, same thing with Stalin, he only continued Marxism-Leninism, that was Stalin's line, from the murder of Uberia that would be the extension of Marxism-Leninism, right-wing reformists take power, and the USSR is dissolved in 40 years.

  • @nopasaran191
    @nopasaran191 Před 11 měsíci

    I support(ed) some “Communist” states but Albania was fucking insane

  • @oskareriksson2202
    @oskareriksson2202 Před 5 měsíci

    My grandfather, veteran of Regia marina, submariner in ww2, volunteer before the war at 16, graduated to the submarine school of pola (now Croatia I guess) wounded, and decorated, and pow in India (his sub was scuttled after a heavy battle against an hunter killer group, submarine Torricelli, perim strait and Indian ocean, 1940, the hunter killer group was composed by the karthoum,, the indo, and other small asw escort ships), later partecipate in some of these operations on board a minesweeper, in late 40 early 50, against Albania and against Jugoslavia too during the Trieste crisis, I heard some story about that. My dad, his son, told me some of these stories, grandpa told that one night in Adriatic, the radar was broken, and there was heavy fog, from the mist an American escort ship maybe a destroyer came out, and an officer in perfect Italian sad "we're going straight in the mouth of the commies, let's go back guys", this American ship wasn't navigating with them, it was a casual encounter because the Americans was probably conducting also operations that night 😂 BTW, my wife is Albanian. Ckemi to al the Albanians here! And sorry if I wrote very bad it 😂 I now only to pronounce Albanian, speak it but I cannot write

  • @goransvraka3171
    @goransvraka3171 Před měsícem

    Did the West also try to overthrow Tito and Yugoslavia?

  • @d20d29
    @d20d29 Před rokem +3

    The CIA spending millions of Dollars on accidentially strengthening communism in Albania is my favourite plot twist here.

  • @craigrmeyer
    @craigrmeyer Před rokem +1

    Excuse me what? (@2:50) British supplies and air support for the communist takeover of Albania? What?

    • @Scere
      @Scere Před rokem +5

      WW2.

    • @Pavlos_Charalambous
      @Pavlos_Charalambous Před rokem +3

      They did the same with Greek communist during ww2 supplies and Cash
      That's why you see many of them wearing British battle dress uniforms

    • @andin3720
      @andin3720 Před rokem +6

      They were fighting the Germans. It made sense.

  • @dolcefarniente________86
    @dolcefarniente________86 Před 9 měsíci

    Belligerents Communist Albania vs
     United States
     United Kingdom
    Supported by:
     Yugoslavia
     KEVA (Northern Epirus Organization)[1]
     NATO:
     Greece
     Italy
     West Germany[2][3

  • @JenniferinIllinois
    @JenniferinIllinois Před rokem +3

    Wait, you mean an attempt by the west to topple a communist leader failed? 🤣

  • @senadmarovic3530
    @senadmarovic3530 Před rokem +1

    Apparently hoxha killed 35 thousand civilians and imprisoned a houndred thousand more

    • @GreaterAlbania1
      @GreaterAlbania1 Před 11 měsíci +6

      Not true 6,000 executed 17,000 imprisoned

    • @babayaga6376
      @babayaga6376 Před 7 měsíci

      Oh well, that makes it so much better....Fyi, I really dont believe you. I know what the commies did in my country.

  • @kelvinkoopman9386
    @kelvinkoopman9386 Před 2 měsíci

    Albania was never anything that resembled a satellite state of the ussr

  • @josemourinho9235
    @josemourinho9235 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Many things about Enver Hoxha are not so true!My mother’s family was Greek and in 1961 in Albania came Kruchov in our Village and he touched an apple I think in one tree and after he left the Apple was the only rotten apple my Grandma said!Greetings from Sarande and Delvine❤

    • @user-ts1fg4lq8w
      @user-ts1fg4lq8w Před 5 měsíci

      @josemourinho9235 What exactly wasn't true about Enver Hoxha in this video? And how did Greek minority live under Enver Hoxha's rule?

    • @josemourinho9235
      @josemourinho9235 Před 5 měsíci

      @@user-ts1fg4lq8w many extremeres from Greek minority in Albania that are in Gold Dawn party and in MAVI say that they were under the worst dictatorship!That isn’t true they had schools in Greek,newspapers and their rights like all Albanians…(but not in some areas like Himare!)

  • @michaelcutler5538
    @michaelcutler5538 Před 9 měsíci

    Zog don't caare

  • @Slavov_Ukraini
    @Slavov_Ukraini Před rokem +7

    The best way to ruin a stalinist country:leave it to the stalinists!

    • @jakesuper6447
      @jakesuper6447 Před rokem

      Nope lol
      Albania and ussr had fastest economic growth in the world

    • @jakesuper6447
      @jakesuper6447 Před rokem

      The victory of communism is inevitable

    • @connorconnor7536
      @connorconnor7536 Před 10 měsíci

      ​@@jakesuper6447ah yes albania under hoxha had great economy, getting just 1 kilo cheese per month, 1 kilo meat per month, and 1 kilo sugar per month, wtf u talking about?

  • @petebondurant58
    @petebondurant58 Před 9 měsíci

    The West was far too soft during the Cold War.

    • @videonofan
      @videonofan Před měsícem

      They still won it

    • @petebondurant58
      @petebondurant58 Před měsícem

      @@videonofan We don't seem to be winning the peace though.

  • @johndavis8669
    @johndavis8669 Před rokem +2

    King Zog the bum in exile who was hated by exiles. Zog whose house was falling down in exile

    • @soul8938
      @soul8938 Před rokem

      Yeah he wasn’t popular at all, he just wanted a way back into power

  • @toobalkain
    @toobalkain Před 10 měsíci

    Albania was very close to merger with China, to this day most older Albanians are fluent in Mandarin and cook chop sueys and what not, what a country that would have been, Chinese industriousness and Albanian, hm, Albanian, what are Albanians known for, I mean good things?

    • @cehaem2
      @cehaem2 Před 9 měsíci +2

      Chop Suey isn't even a Chinese dish....

    • @aalldldakekjs8981
      @aalldldakekjs8981 Před 8 měsíci

      Albanians have freed and created the modern greek state. Albanians created the modern state of egypt. Albanians created Viagra and created the First flyable vehicle. Albanians we're known AS sone of the greatetst Military Minds their Hero being called shield and sword of Europe. Albanians have respektive occupiations in the country they live in. Now let me ASK you what has Europe done for the albanians that was good? Why die they Split ethnic albanians Land in cameria, illirida, dardania and parts of Montenegro? Why are they continuing to Talk Bad about the oldest people in Europe that fought with Alexander the great? Why do they discrimate about the ones that Led the Roman Empire? What ist Europe really good known for or should i say what ist your slavic Immigranten known for except for Mass murders and betraying Europe and sing with the ottomans?

  • @terrygerhart1485
    @terrygerhart1485 Před rokem +3

    Your melded sponsors video is disappointing. Time to unsubscribe and Not Recommend Channel from my list. All the best.

  • @belejSLO
    @belejSLO Před rokem

    I love this channel because it moves away from communist crimes and always talks about "western" forces, total tankie/putinist rhetoric. It's a brilliant propaganda and exercise in relativization of democracy.

  • @Orthodox1821
    @Orthodox1821 Před rokem +12

    I have the honnor to know a Greek man from North Epirus (stolen Greek land in today Albania's territory) who was prisoned and tortured by Enver Hoxha. He told me that Hoxha was a true evil communist, he had made Albania's economy crap and he was executioning many Orthodox Christians and other humans. Never again.

    • @rainbowraver666
      @rainbowraver666 Před rokem

      lmaoooo "true evil communist" if you think hoxia is representative of communism as an ideology, you've been lied to by right wing propaganda

    • @jonizymberi6787
      @jonizymberi6787 Před rokem +3

      Northern Epirus, you mean Laberia. Greeks in Albania are an extremely small minority. Today only a few old people in handful of villages along the border identify as Greek and they are dying out. Plus if Hoxha tortured that man as you claim, he was probably a Greek fascist. And given what Greeks did to Albanians in Chameria, Bulgarians in Macedonia etc. Greeks should be thankful we let them live on our territory without expelling them all. Like you did to all of your minorities.

    • @manicallydepressedclown8064
      @manicallydepressedclown8064 Před rokem +27

      Lmao im greek and let me say hoxha did nothing wrong

    • @Orthodox1821
      @Orthodox1821 Před rokem +1

      @@manicallydepressedclown8064 ofcourse, communists say that.

    • @sleepy0
      @sleepy0 Před rokem +11

      @@manicallydepressedclown8064 based. viva KKE

  • @brandonyarvin2551
    @brandonyarvin2551 Před rokem +3

    Kosovo is Serbia

  • @kevkevin8177
    @kevkevin8177 Před rokem +4

    Albania : 1960 : 1000 tanks
    Russia : 2022 : 300 tanks

    • @albanesetirana827
      @albanesetirana827 Před rokem

      ku i gjete kto shifra i pe ne enderr? rusia ne 2022 300 tanke🤣😂

    • @kevkevin8177
      @kevkevin8177 Před rokem

      @@albanesetirana827 qe sulmoi ukrainen

    • @kevkevin8177
      @kevkevin8177 Před rokem +1

      @@albanesetirana827 ca i ben i shiten per skrap me von

    • @albanesetirana827
      @albanesetirana827 Před rokem

      @@kevkevin8177 shoku rusia nuk do ta humbasi luften ne ukrain krimeja do mbetet ruse

    • @thebutcher6449
      @thebutcher6449 Před rokem +1

      ​@@albanesetirana827vetem ukrahina pati ne fillim te luftes ma shum se 3000 tanke kurse rusi imagjinoje vete sa i ka fabrikat e tankeve ai😂😂😂

  • @broadminded7774
    @broadminded7774 Před rokem +3

    Well, all things considered Enver Hoxha doesn't appear to have been as paranoid as he's portrayed!

  • @pierpaolodeiulis7783
    @pierpaolodeiulis7783 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Henver had always reason

  • @georgestamatakis697
    @georgestamatakis697 Před rokem +1

    The one country that no one gave a sh@t about in Yalta.

    • @arturahmeti486
      @arturahmeti486 Před rokem +1

      Yes, but seems that greeks don't think the same way.

    • @ardianzelaj2536
      @ardianzelaj2536 Před 7 měsíci

      i vetmi rast kur ne shqiptaret ju shpetuam grabitqareve qe vendosnin per fatin ton..

  • @ardjanliburni564
    @ardjanliburni564 Před rokem

    Respect to all albanian nationalist and anticommunist fighters fallen for the freedom of Albania against the red plague

  • @imgonnagogetthepapersgetth8347

    I'd watch but I get distracted by the guys kissing picture. I don't care if it is sarcasm or not, I don't want to see it.