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Memorie.al / The glory of Hysen Kusi, nicknamed Dake, as the winner of the first Albanian championship with Tirana in...

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“In July 1944, fierce fighting took place in Northern Albania between the SS Division ‘Skanderbeg’ and communist forces, where…” / Diaries of senior German officer, Helmuth Greiner, 1943-1944

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1937 - The German Zeppelin Hindenburg is engulfed in flames and destroyed within a minute as it tries to leave...

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