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The Albanian–Yugoslav border conflict, was a period of armed confrontations between the armed forces of Albania and Yugoslavia between the years 1948 and 1954. This period of heightened tensions between Albania and Yugoslavia stemmed from territorial disputes and ideological divisions between the Yugoslav Leader Josip Broz Tito and Albanian Leader Enver Hoxha. [12]
In 1948, relations between Communist Albania and Yugoslavia deteriorated dramatically. The two countries, which had previously maintained close political and economic ties, came into conflict due to ideological differences between the Albanian leadership under Enver Hoxha and the Yugoslav government led by Josip Broz Tito.
Subsequent to 1948 Yugoslavia developed a comparatively open Titoist system economically linked to Western Europe and diplomatically active with non-bloc countries. Albania was on the other hand a highly self-isolated autarkic state, especially following the Soviet–Albanian split and Sino-Albanian split.
1948–1954 Albanian-Yugoslav border conflict (1948-1954) 1998 April 23, 1998, Albanian–Yugoslav border ambush; July 18, 1998, Albanian–Yugoslav border clashes; Battle of Morina; Opljaz clashes; Operation in Gjeravica; Operation Fenix; December 3, 1998, Albanian–Yugoslav border clash; December 14, 1998, Albanian–Yugoslav border ambush; 1999
Three years later, in 1948, when Tito and Hoxha were preparing to deploy the Yugoslav People's Army to Albania, the Bulgarian Workers' Party leader Georgi Dimitrov spoke to Western journalists about turning the Eastern Bloc into a federally organised state. He then included Greece in a list of "people's democracies", causing concern in the West ...
Trouble between Yugoslavia and Albania began when Albanians began to complain that Yugoslavia was paying too little for Albania's natural resources. [citation needed] Afterward, relations between Yugoslavia and Albania worsened. From 1948 onward, the Soviet Union backed Albania in opposition to Yugoslavia.
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PR Albania victory. The Uprising is suppressed. Communist forces gain control of the Mirdita region. Albanian–Yugoslav border conflict (1948–1954) PR Albania: SFR Yugoslavia. Financial/Military support: United States. Albanian Victory. Pogradec Agreement; Withdrawal of the Yugoslav People's Army from the border with Albania; Expulsion of ...