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According to d'Espèrey, the Port of Durrës, if not destroyed, would have served the evacuation of the Bulgarian and German armies, involved in World War I. [54] When the war ended on 11 November 1918, Italy's army had occupied most of Albania; Serbia held much of the country's northern mountains; Greece occupied a sliver of land within ...
Albanian nationalists organized the Congress of Lushnjë in late January 1920, deciding to resist the partition plan and the Italian occupation, and deciding to establish Tirana as the new Albanian capital. [1] [17] The Congress established a four-man regency [17] and the Delvina Government, which successfully replaced the now discredited ...
In 1914, Serbian troops entered the village of Astrazubi in Malisheva and burned down 1,029 houses and killed 227 civilians, mostly women and children, although the number is believed to be higher according to Albanian sources. In the village of Banjë, the wounded were buried alive.
On December 29, 1912, the Italian paper La Stampa published an article about the Serbian troopers massacre of Albanian women and children hiding in Prochaskas consulate: "The door was broken down. The Albanian families taking refuge in the Consulate were slaughtered for no reason in a horrible carnage: the wounded were massacred in their beds.
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.
Parents are afraid to send their children outside. Nobody feels safe anymore. The attack Saturday was a major escalation in what had already been an extremely volatile few months in the border area.
Albania gains parts of Kosovo, Montenegro and North Macedonia; War of Ceraja and Sllatina(1941) [18] Albanian irregulars Chetniks: Victory. Albanians drive the Chetniks out of the 2 villages; Albanian Resistance of World War II (1939–1944) LANÇ Legality Movement Balli Kombëtar (Until 1943) Kingdom of Italy (Until 1943) Italian Albania; Nazi ...
Local residents in Albania are accusing Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump of attempting to take land away from them for two luxury resort projects.. The daughter and son-in-law of former President ...