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CASUALTY RECORD // January 1, 1943

Battle of Gjorm

Estimated casualties — killed, wounded, captured, and missing — by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.

Casualties by side

1 sides catalogued · combined 186 estimated

  • Royaume d'Italie

    186

    Medium-confidence figure

Battle context

The Battle of Gjorm was fought on January 1–2, 1943, across several localities in south-western Albania — Gjorm, Vranisht, Dukat, Tragjas, and Tërbaç — as part of the broader Albanian Resistance against the Kingdom of Italy's occupation. Italian forces under Franco Clementi, numbering approximately 2,000, engaged a Balli Kombëtar force of around 1,600 led by Hysni Lepenica. Italian casualties reached 186, indicating the engagement was substantial in scale. The battle represents one of the organized resistance actions in the south-western region of Albania during the Italian occupation period of World War II.

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