Mujo Ulqinaku
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Italian Invasion of Albania
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Mujo Ulqinaku (born Mujo Cakuli; 1896 – 7 April 1939) was an
People's Hero of Albania
award posthumously.
Life
Mujo Ulqinaku was born in 1896 in Ulcinj, in the Principality of Montenegro, now modern Montenegro, to a family of sailors and fishermen. In his teens he joined the commercial fleet in Shkodër and Lezhë. Later he served in the Albanian navy, based in Durrës, with the rank of sergeant, commanding the patrol boat Tiranë. He was one of the few officers of the Royal Albanian Army who tried to stop the Italian invasion of Albania. Armed only with a machine gun, he was placed in the center of the defense line where he killed and wounded dozens of Italian soldiers.[1] He was killed by an artillery shell from an Italian warship in the last hour of the battle.[2]
Legacy
Ulqinaku is memorialized by a monument in front of
Kinostudio Shqipëria e Re.[3]
References
- ^ a b Kore, Blerim (7 April 2009). "Kur mbreti italian Viktor Emanueli, vizitonte Gjirokastren". Koha Jone (in Albanian). Koha Jone. Archived from the original on 8 October 2010. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
- ^ Zeqo, Mojkom (1980). Mujo Ulqinaku. Tirana, Albania: 8 Nëntori Pub. House.
- IMDb
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