Borovë massacre

After the battle, which lasted for several hours, the German convoy was able to rest and then continue to its destination after Italian reinforcements joined.

[2] The Partisans may have inflicted heavy losses on the Germans, destroying most of the vehicles and military equipment and killing more than 60 men.

[1] However, these numbers may have come from the Partisans; Nazi German Major Reinhald Klebe reported four light injuries among the Axis soldiers.

[2] The neighbouring village of Barmash, also suffered from the reprisal, with the Nazis massacring 18 civilians, before departing to Greece.

In 1972, the Albanian composer Thoma Gaqi wrote a symphonic poem, Borova, in commemoration of the victims.