How did the Albanian Communist Party gain control of Albania in November 1944?

The Albanian Communist Party gained control of Albania on November 29, 1944, following the withdrawal of German occupation forces from the country.123

The party’s rise to power was the result of a multi-year resistance effort. In November 1941, various communist groups merged to form the Albanian Communist Party, which subsequently organized as a unified resistance force against the occupiers. Under the leadership of Enver Hoxha, who served as the party's secretary-general and political commissar of the communist-dominated Army of National Liberation, the communists engaged in a successful struggle for power against both the fascist occupiers and two rival domestic resistance groups: the National Front (Balli Kombëtar) and the pro-Zog Legality Party (Legaliteti).134

Upon the departure of German forces in late 1944, the communists seized control, transitioning the nation from the personal dictatorship of King Zog to the collective dictatorship of the Albanian Communist Party.13