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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.
The Republic of Central Albania was supported by the local Muslim nobles as well as by Serbia. [13] Toptani's seizure of central Albania also resulted in the Catholic population of northern Albania being cut off from Qemali's administration; however, the Catholics had never been eager to submit to any central Albanian government anyways. [9]
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The Kingdom of Serbia occupied most of the Albanian-inhabited lands including Albania's Adriatic coast. Serbian Gen. Božidar Janković was the Commander of the Serbian Third Army during the military campaign in Albania. The Serbian army met with strong Albanian guerrilla resistance, led by Isa Boletini, Azem Galica and other
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
1939 April 15 — The nominally independent Italian protectorate of Albania is established under a personal union with Italy following the Italian invasion of Albania. World War II — With the Invasion of Poland and the Outbreak of World War II , a period of many temporary and permanent border changes occur as the Axis powers and the Soviet ...
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
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 ...