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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 ...
All petroleum resources in Albania went through Agip, Italy's state petroleum company. [31] Albania followed Italy into war against Britain and France on June 10, 1940. Albania served as the base for the Italian invasion of Greece in October 1940, and Albanian troops participated in the Greek campaign, but they massively deserted the front line.
The Italian protectorate over Albania was established by the Kingdom of Italy during World War I in an effort to secure a de jure independent Albania under Italian control. It existed from 23 June 1917 until the summer of 1920.
Zogu invasion of Albania (1924) Noli Government: Zogist rebels. Yugoslav Army White Army Support: Great Powers. Zogu Victory. Ahmet Zog coups the government of Fan Noli with the help of Yugoslav Army and Great Powers; Exile of Fan Noli; Italian invasion of Albania (1939) Kingdom of Albania: Kingdom of Italy: Defeat. Italian occupation of Albania
The Straits of Otranto, which cross the Adriatic Sea and connect Albania and southern Italy by forty miles, have always operated as a bridge rather than a barrier, offering escape, cultural exchange, and an easy invasion path. Before World War I Italy and Austria-Hungary had been instrumental in the creation of an independent Albanian state. At ...
The XXV Corps was first established in Mortegliano on 10 April 1917, until its disbandment on 5 January 1919. [1]On 24 October 1940, in preparation for the Italian invasion of Greece on the 28th, the Army Corps of the Ciamuria, which operated in the Chameria region (Italian: Ciamuria), was activated in Italian-occupied Albania.
Italy and the World War. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. OCLC 414372. Pergher, Roberta. "An Italian War? War and Nation in the Italian Historiography of the First World War" Journal of Modern History (Dec 2018) 90#4; Pryce, Roy. "Italy and the Outbreak of the First World War." Cambridge Historical Journal 11#2 (1954): 219-27 online.
The Vlora War is considered an important moment in the history of the Albania's independence. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] At the same time, the 1920 treaty of Tirana is considered the first of the Treaties of Tirana that gradually brought Albania into the Italian sphere of influence. [ 9 ]