Xhemal Aranitasi
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Xhemal Aranitasi (also known as Xhemal Araniti; 1886 in
He was the son of Ibrahim Aranitasi, an army colonel of the Ottoman Empire and Esma Jahobegaj. He graduated from the Monastir Military High School (now in present-day North Macedonia), and then at the military academy in Istanbul, Turkey.
During the Balkan wars, he fought in the Ottoman army as the leader of a machine gun unit.
During the First World War, when most of the territory of Albania was invaded by the Austro-Hungarian Army, he served in the Aranitas municipality as a commander of the gendarmerie.
In 1920, he joined the Royal Albanian Army, and four years later, he was a battalion commander. In 1925, with the rank of lieutenant colonel, he became the general commander of the Royal Albanian Army. Although significant decisions on the Army were taken by officers of foreign origins, such as
In 1939, as minister of war, in the face of war with the Kingdom of Italy, Xhemal Aranitasi forbade the press publication of popular mobilization and prohibited issuing weapons to the civilian population. On April 6, 1939, on the eve of the invasion of Albania by the Royal Italian Army, Aranitasi left the country and settled in Turkey, where he lived until the end of his life.
He was awarded the Grand Ribbon of the
See also
Sources
- ISBN 99943-849-2-9. ( alb. )
- ^ Stephen Taylor, ed.: Who's Who in Central and East Europe 1933/1934 . Zurich: 1935.