The Communist forces used Italian and German weapons to defeat the nationalist resistance .
Hurst , 1999 After the Germans left , the Communist forces , with weapons captured from the Italians and the Germans , and some weapons supplied by the West , crushed nationalist resistance and the leader of the Yugoslav-dominatedAlbania : A Country Study : The Communist and Nationalist Resistance Albanian Communist Party , Enver Hoxha , became the leader of the country.
Italian invasion of Albania