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Reino de Albania; Invasión italiana de Albania; Usage on fi.wikipedia.org 1939; Albanian valtaus; Usage on fr.wikipedia.org Zog Ier; Invasion italienne de l'Albanie; Histoire de l'Albanie pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale; Usage on he.wikipedia.org הפלישה האיטלקית לאלבניה; Usage on id.wikipedia.org Angkatan Bersenjata Albania
1940 Albanian Kingdom Laissez Passer issued for traveling to Fascist Italy after the invasion from the previous year. Upon the occupation of Albania and the installation of a new government, the economies of Albania and Italy were merged by a customs union which resulted in the removal of most trade restrictions. [30]
Albania's political confusion continued in the wake of World War I. The country lacked a single recognised government, and Albanians had reasonable fears that Italy, Yugoslavia, and Greece would extinguish Albania's independence and carve up the country. Italian forces controlled Albanian political activity in the areas that they occupied.
1940 Albanian Kingdom Laissez Passer issued for traveling to Italy after the invasion of 1939. But, soon after the Italian invasion, the Greeks counter-attacked and a sizable portion of Albania was in Greek hands (including the cities of Gjirokastër and Korçë). In April 1941, Greece capitulated after an overwhelming German invasion.
The Italian Armed Forces committed 22,000 troops under General Alfredo Guzzoni to the invasion of Albania. [1] The main force, tasked with capturing the capital Tirana, was placed under the command of General Alfredo Guzzoni and was to be landed at Durrës; it consisted of two battalions of the 3rd Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna", one battalion of the 47th Infantry Regiment "Ferrara", five ...
In June 1917, Italy established the Albanian Republic in the territory it held in southern Albania, de facto operating as an Italian protectorate. As Central Powers forces were pushed out of Albania, the protectorate grew in size and came to control nearly all of the country by the end of the war in November 1918.
The Italian attack of 52 Italian divisions, aided by 3 British 2 French and 1 American division, 65,000 total and Czechoslovaks (see British and French forces in Italy during World War I), was started on 24 October from Vittorio Veneto. The Austro-Hungarians fought tenaciously for four days, but then the Italians managed to cross the Piave and ...
Eligibility for the medal extended to personnel of the Italian Army, Regia Marina (English: Royal Navy), and Regia Aeronautica (English: Royal Air Force) and to merchant marine crews who took part in the invasion and occupation of the territory of the Albanian Kingdom between 7 and 16 April 1939, as well as to military and civilian personnel who supported the invading forces in Albania between ...