Albania’s former King Zog, formally deposed in…

January 1949 CE

Albania’s former King Zog, formally deposed in absentia in 1946 and having temporarily moved to Egypt, has become friends with King Farouk while he ponders the serious question of where an ex-monarch can live.

The United States and British intelligence organizations are working with Zog and the fanatic mountain men of his personal guard by 1949.

They have recruited Albanian refugees and émigrés from Egypt, Italy, and Greece, and trained them in ...

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Cairo > Al-Qahirah Al-Qahirah Egypt View →

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Farouk of Egypt View → Zog I View →

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United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Egypt, Kingdom of (British Protectorate) View → Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), or Soviet Union View → Cyprus, British Crown Colony of View → Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) View → Albania, People's Republic of View → Germany, West (Federal Republic of Germany) View →

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Cold War View → Albanian Subversion View → Communist Purge in Albania View →

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Government View → Custom and Law View →

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