Formally Albania in the period 1943-1944 was an independent nation. The country was taken under control by Germanny when in 1943 the Italians switched sides to the Allies.
The Kingdom only excisted on paper beceause the changing government was under full control of the German military and large parts of the country were under control of the Communist resistance.
When the German army left the country in 1944, the Communists took over control.