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The Greek army entered Albania in November 1912 and its advance was met with local resistance from irregulars. The Greek army in southern Albania engaged in harsh reprisals against civilians. [17] The Greek Army controlled territory that would be later incorporated into the Albanian state before the declaration of Albanian Independence in Vlorë.
In addition, Greek doctors and medical supplies were dispatched to assist the affected civilians. [49] The Greek army provided further support by sending three mobile military kitchens and their personnel. [50] A team of 16 civil engineers was also sent to Albania. [51] The Hellenic Red Cross contributed by sending over 200 tons of basic ...
The unsuccessful uprising of 1910, 1911 and the successful and final Albanian revolt in 1912, as well as the Serbian and Greek occupation and attempts to incorporate the land into their respective countries, led to a proclamation of independence by Ismail Kemal in Vlorë on 28 November 1912.
Epirus, a region straddling Greece and Albania. This map shows the approximate extent of ancient Epirus (in gray), the present-day Greek prefecture of Epirus (in orange), the part with a large presence of "Albanian Greeks" at the beginnings of the 20th century (in green) and the boundaries of "Northern Epirus" in dotted lines.
The Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus (Greek: Αὐτόνομος Δημοκρατία τῆς Βορείου Ἠπείρου, romanized: Aftónomos Dimokratía tis Voreíou Ipeírou) was a short-lived, self-governing entity founded in the aftermath of the Balkan Wars on 28 February 1914, by the local Greek population in southern Albania (Northern Epirotes).
Map of Northern Epirus presented to the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, by the exiled provisional government of Northern Epirus.. The Greek toponym Epirus (Greek: Ήπειρος), meaning "mainland" or "continent", first appears in the work of Hecataeus of Miletus in the 6th century BC and is one of the few Greek names from the view of an external observer with a maritime-geographical perspective.
Greek forces land in Southern Albania and Capture Saranda. Albanians defeat the Greeks in Gjashtë and again in Karalibej. Greek forces retreat to the Lëkurës Castle which is besieged and retaken by Albanian troops,forcing greeks to retreat. Greek Invasion of Southern Albania fails. League of Prizren Secessionist War (1880–1881) League of ...
Meidani emphasizes Albania's commitment to the creation of "a Europe of the regions" (that is, rather than a continent based on traditional nation-states) and speaks against the desirability of creating a "Greater Albania" that would include ethnic Albanians in neighbouring countries, while stressing the need for closer regional and European ...