Operation Dragonfly, in German Operation Libelle, was an evacuation operation of the German Armed Forces in the Albanian capital Tirana on March 14, 1997. In the same week, American and Italian military forces evacuated their citizens from Albania. Operation Libelle is known in Germany as the first time since World War II that German infantry soldiers fired shots in actual combat.
Read more about Operation Libelle: Situation in Albania, Timeline, List of Evacuated Persons
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