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  2. World War I in Albania - Wikipedia

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    Albania was considered a Besetztes Freundesland (Friendly Occupied Country). The Austro-Hungarians left the local administration in place, formed an Albanian gendarmerie and opened schools. The development of a proper Albanian language and orthography was promoted to reduce Italian influences. They also built roads and other infrastructure.

  3. List of wars involving Albania - Wikipedia

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    Ottoman conquest of Albania halted until 1479. The Ottomans are defeated in numerous battles by the Albanians, mostly under Skanderbeg. Albanian resistance weakens following the death of Skanderbeg in 1468. Krujë falls in 1478 after three previous failed sieges in 1450, 1466 and 1467. Shkodër falls in 1479. Albanian–Venetian War

  4. Bulgarian occupation of Albania - Wikipedia

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    The Bulgarian occupation of Albania was an occupation of the eastern parts of Albania by the Kingdom of Bulgaria's army during World War I.It lasted from December 10, 1915, when the Bulgarian army after had occupied then Eastern Serbia, crossed the Drin river and entered Albania, [1] until September 9, 1917, when French troops captured Pogradec from the Bulgarian army.

  5. Centenary of the Armistice of 11 November 1918 - Wikipedia

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    Front page of The New York Times on 11 November 1918. The Armistice of 11 November 1918 was signed near the French town of Compiègne, between the Allied Powers and Germany—represented by Supreme Allied Commander Ferdinand Foch and civilian politician Matthias Erzberger respectively—with capitulations having already been made separately by Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire and Austria-Hungary.

  6. Timeline of Albanian history - Wikipedia

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    Albania joined the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (Comecon), a free trade area separate from the rest of the world. December: Albanian Communists thought to be supporters of Yugoslavian Prime Minister Tito were purged. 1950: Britain and the United States begin inserting unsuccessful anticommunist Albanian guerrilla units into Albania. July

  7. List of massacres in Albania - Wikipedia

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    Socialist People's Republic of Albania executed intellectuals without trial [13] Libofshë massacre June 1992 Libofshë: 5 Brothers Ditbardh and Josef Cuko kill five members of the same family with metal bars during a robbery in the town of Libofshë. The brothers were executed for the massacre, with their hanged bodies being displayed in ...

  8. Massacres of Albanians in the Balkan Wars - Wikipedia

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    Most Albanian historians say that Montenegro, Greece and Serbia did not recognise Albanian autonomy, and the Balkan Wars were fought to stop it on Ottoman lands they claimed. [ 35 ] When the Serbo-Montenegrin forces invaded the Vilayet of Kosovo in 1912, much of the Albanian population fled due to the feared (and actual) violence they ...

  9. Great Retreat (Serbia) - Wikipedia

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    Along the way it had to contend with Albanian resistance and Bulgarian attacks; on 10 December, the Bulgarians attacked Serbian positions along the crest of the Jablanica mountain range. [41] As the Bulgarians again reached Struga before them, Serbian soldiers and civilians turned southwesterly, marching down the Albanian coast to Valona and ...