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The Albanian Kingdom (Tosk Albanian: Mbretëria Shqiptare) was the official name of Albania between 1928 and 1939. Albania was declared a monarchy by the Constituent Assembly, and President Ahmet Bej Zogu was declared King Zog I.
The Kingdom of Albania was in personal union with the Kingdom of Italy following the Italian invasion of Albania in 1939 and until the German occupation in September 1943. It is also referred to as Italian Albania or Greater Albania, [3] [4] and was a state controlled by Fascist Italy.
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]
Flag of the Kingdom of Albania (1939–1943) by a decree of King Victor Emanuel III, 28 September 1939. The Italian colonists in Albania (Albanian: Kolonistët italianë në Shqipëri, Italian: Coloni italiani in Albania) were Italians who, between the two World Wars, moved to Albania to colonize the Balkan country for the Kingdom of Italy.
The 1939 constitution proclaimed Victor Emmanuel III the King of Albania and made Albania a constitutional monarchy. It also created a "Supreme Fascist Corporation Council" to serve as the legislature of Albania, structured after Italy's Chamber of Fasces and Corporations. [2]
Albanian map during WWII Albanian boy at the Albanian-Yugoslav border (1939) In 1937, Ciano, the Italian Foreign Minister and Mussolini's son-in-law, mediated with Mussolini to give a further 60 million gold francs to Albania. [11] He saw Albania as a gateway to the Balkans and wanted to expand his plans. This happened because:
Albania was the only country in Europe that introduced air transport service before rail transport. The first air transport service was established in November 1924, during the administration of Fan S. Noli. The Albanian government granted the air transport concession to the German company "Adria Aero Lloyd".
Flag of the Albanian Kingdom (1939–1943) Prime minister Shefqet Bej Vërlaci. While Victor Emmanuel ruled as king, Shefqet Bej Verlaci served as the prime minister. Shefqet Verlaci controlled the day-to-day activities of the new Italian protectorate.