Military ranks of Albania
During the time of Italian and German occupations of Albania their respective ranks were worn on Albanian militia uniforms.After the Second World War, when the communist regime took power, military ranks were radically changed in looks and in naming.In the first years officers and generals wore sleeve insignia whose order was loosely based on that time's Yugoslav patterns.While most socialist countries abandoned this model soon after Stalin's death, Albania preserved it until May 1966, when military ranks were abolished altogether following Chinese example and based on doctrines of guerilla warfare.On 22 April 1966, the military ranking system of the Armed forces of the People's Republic of Albania, was officially abolished by the order nr.