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Thopian-Zetan War (1385) Principality of Albania Ottoman Empire: Principality of Zeta: Victory. Albanian - Ottoman forces defeat Zetan forces. Balsha II is killed in the Battle of Savra. Albanian-Epirote War of 1389–90 [4] Despotate of Arta (all four battles) Malakasi Tribe (second battle) Despotate of Epirus (all four battles) Thessaly ...
In 1479, an Ottoman army, headed again by Mehmed II, besieged and captured Shkodër, [101] [103] reducing Venice's Albanian possessions to only Durazzo, Antivari, and Dulcigno. [101] Skanderbeg's son John Castriot II continued the resistance against the Ottomans, and tried to liberate territories from Ottoman rule in 1481–84. [ 104 ]
Among these, the battles fought in the 20th century (Turco-Italian War, Balkan Wars, and World War I ) as well as the sieges (like the sieges of Constantinople, Cairo, Belgrade, Bagdad, etc.) which most lists include as battles are not shown except in cases where the siege is followed by a battle (i.e. Vienna, Khotyn, Plevna). [1] [2]
Albanian-Epirote War of 1389–90 [51] Despotate of Epirus (all four battles) Thessaly (second battle) Ottoman Empire (third and fourth battles) Despotate of Arta (all four battles) Malakasi Tribe (second battle) Victory. Albanian and Aromanian forces are defeated in four battles against Epirote, Thessalian and Ottoman forces around Jannina.
The battle thus opened a new phase in the Ottoman-Albanian war which saw the high-water mark of the Albanian resistance and the fiercest Ottoman invasions of Albania in the war. [27] The war would last until the fall of Krujë in 1478. [32] The Albanian feminine first name Albulena, originating as a reference to the battle, is still in use today.
Ottoman Albania was a period in Albanian history from the Ottoman conquest in the late 15th century to the Albanian declaration of Independence and official secession from the Ottoman Empire in 1912. The Ottomans first entered Albania in 1385 upon the invitation of the Albanian noble Karl Thopia to suppress the forces of the noble Balša II ...
Military history of Albania during World War II — in the Eastern European theatre of World War II. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
The Ottoman conquest after the Albanian–Ottoman Wars decimated Albania's ability to mount a military threat to Ottoman rule overall. The local Albanian nobility either fled the country or adapted to the new conditions of Ottoman rule. A significant part of the population had also fled to Italy and Greece.