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Name
  
Islam Radovicka


Died
  
1948

Islam Radovicka Islam Radovickakomandanti ushtarak q drejtoi Zonn e Par

Islam Radovicka (1889–1948) was an Albanian partisan commander during World War II.

Islam Radovicka Islam Radovickakomandanti ushtarak q drejtoi Zonn e Par

Born in Radovickë, in the modern commune of Çlirim he enrolled in the military academy of Tirana in 1925. In 1935 he became a captain of the Royal Albanian Army. An informant of the anti-fascist groups he remained in the army until 1943 as a recruiting officer, when he defected and joined LANÇ. Radovicka was general commander of the 10th operative zone in the Vlorë-Gjirokastër-Mallakastër area. As such he led the local partisans in the capture of Sarandë in 1944 along with British commandos under Brigadier Tom Churchill. He was a deputy of the Gjirokastër County in the first post-war legislature until 1947 when he was arrested during the pro-Yugoslav purges by Koçi Xoxe's group. After Xoxe's downfall he was rehabilitated posthumously in the party structure.

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