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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0taliyan%C4%B1n_Albaniyaya_h%C3%BCcumu" title="İtaliyanın Albaniyaya hücumu – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="İtaliyanın Albaniyaya hücumu" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%A2%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%85%D9%88" title="رومانین آلبانیا هوجومو – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="رومانین آلبانیا هوجومو" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%86%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B5_%D1%9E%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5_%D1%9E_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%8E" title="Італьянскае ўварванне ў Албанію – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Італьянскае ўварванне ў Албанію" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%B2_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Италианска инвазия в Албания – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Италианска инвазия в Албания" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasi%C3%B3_italiana_d%27Alb%C3%A0nia" title="Invasió italiana d'Albània – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Invasió italiana d'Albània" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italsk%C3%A1_invaze_do_Alb%C3%A1nie" title="Italská invaze do Albánie – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Italská invaze do Albánie" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italienische_Besetzung_Albaniens" title="Italienische Besetzung Albaniens – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Italienische Besetzung Albaniens" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%99%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%B2%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%AE_%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD_%CE%91%CE%BB%CE%B2%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%AF%CE%B1" title="Ιταλική εισβολή στην Αλβανία – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ιταλική εισβολή στην Αλβανία" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasi%C3%B3n_italiana_de_Albania" title="Invasión italiana de Albania – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Invasión italiana de Albania" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%84%D9%87_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D9%87_%D8%A2%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C" title="حمله ایتالیا به آلبانی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="حمله ایتالیا به آلبانی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_italienne_de_l%27Albanie" title="Invasion italienne de l'Albanie – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Invasion italienne de l'Albanie" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B4%ED%83%88%EB%A6%AC%EC%95%84%EC%9D%98_%EC%95%8C%EB%B0%94%EB%8B%88%EC%95%84_%EC%B9%A8%EA%B3%B5" title="이탈리아의 알바니아 침공 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="이탈리아의 알바니아 침공" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A3" title="अल्बानिया पर इतालवी आक्रमण – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="अल्बानिया पर इतालवी आक्रमण" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasi_Albania_oleh_Italia" title="Invasi Albania oleh Italia – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Invasi Albania oleh Italia" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innr%C3%A1s_%C3%8Dtala_%C3%AD_Alban%C3%ADu" title="Innrás Ítala í Albaníu – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Innrás Ítala í Albaníu" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasione_italiana_dell%27Albania" title="Invasione italiana dell'Albania – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Invasione italiana dell'Albania" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%A4%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%94_%D7%94%D7%90%D7%99%D7%98%D7%9C%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%94" title="הפלישה האיטלקית לאלבניה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="הפלישה האיטלקית לאלבניה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%98%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A8%E1%83%94%E1%83%AD%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90_%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%A8%E1%83%98" title="იტალიის შეჭრა ალბანეთში – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="იტალიის შეჭრა ალბანეთში" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%C4%81lijas_iebrukums_Alb%C4%81nij%C4%81" title="Itālijas iebrukums Albānijā – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Itālijas iebrukums Albānijā" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serangan_Itali_ke_atas_Albania" title="Serangan Itali ke atas Albania – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Serangan Itali ke atas Albania" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italiaanse_invasie_van_Albani%C3%AB" title="Italiaanse invasie van Albanië – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Italiaanse invasie van Albanië" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%82%BF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%81%AE%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%90%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A2%E4%BE%B5%E6%94%BB" title="イタリアのアルバニア侵攻 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="イタリアのアルバニア侵攻" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inwazja_na_Albani%C4%99" title="Inwazja na Albanię – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Inwazja na Albanię" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invas%C3%A3o_italiana_da_Alb%C3%A2nia" title="Invasão italiana da Albânia – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Invasão italiana da Albânia" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B5_%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%B2_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8E" title="Итальянское вторжение в Албанию – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Итальянское вторжение в Албанию" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pushtimi_italian_i_Shqip%C3%ABris%C3%AB" title="Pushtimi italian i Shqipërisë – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Pushtimi italian i Shqipërisë" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_invasion_of_Albania" title="Italian invasion of Albania – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Italian invasion of Albania" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B5" title="Италијанска инвазија Албаније – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Италијанска инвазија Албаније" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invazija_Italije_na_Albaniju" title="Invazija Italije na Albaniju – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Invazija Italije na Albaniju" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a 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style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Italian invasion of Albania</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;">Part of the <a href="/wiki/Interwar_period" title="Interwar period">interwar period</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Italian_army_2.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Italian_army_2.PNG/250px-Italian_army_2.PNG" decoding="async" width="250" height="196" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Italian_army_2.PNG/375px-Italian_army_2.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Italian_army_2.PNG/500px-Italian_army_2.PNG 2x" data-file-width="596" data-file-height="467" /></a></span><br />Column of Italian forces in Albania.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><table style="width:100%;margin:0;padding:0;border:0;display:inline-table"><tbody><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Date</th><td>April 7–12, 1939<br />(5 days)</td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Location</th><td><div class="location"><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Kingdom_(1928%E2%80%931939)" title="Albanian Kingdom (1928–1939)">Albanian Kingdom</a></div></td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Result</th><td class="status"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Italian victory</li></ul></div> <ul><li>Albania becomes an <a href="/wiki/Italian_protectorate_of_Albania_(1939-1943)" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian protectorate of Albania (1939-1943)">Italian protectorate</a></li> <li>King <a href="/wiki/Zog_I" title="Zog I">Zog I</a> flees to <a href="/wiki/4th_of_August_Regime" title="4th of August Regime">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_resistance" class="mw-redirect" title="Albanian resistance">Albanian resistance</a> begins</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Belligerents</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> <span data-sort-value="Italy"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Italy_%281861-1946%29_crowned.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy_%281861-1946%29_crowned.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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Albania">Zog I</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Xhemal_Aranitasi" title="Xhemal Aranitasi">Xhemal Aranitasi</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Abaz_Kupi" title="Abaz Kupi">Abaz Kupi</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Mujo_Ulqinaku" title="Mujo Ulqinaku">Mujo Ulqinaku</a> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Old English Text MT',serif"><b>†</b></span></a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Strength</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> 22,000 soldiers<br />400 aircraft<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFischer_1999_(Purdue_ed.)21_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFischer_1999_(Purdue_ed.)21-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />2 battleships<br />3 heavy cruisers<br />3 light cruisers<br />9 destroyers<br />14 torpedo boats<br />1 minelayer<br />10 auxiliary ships<br />9 transport ships</td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> 8,000 soldiers<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFischer_1999_(Purdue_ed.)22_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFischer_1999_(Purdue_ed.)22-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />5 aircraft<br />3 torpedo boats</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Casualties and losses</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> Possibly 700 dead <small>(according to <a href="/wiki/Bernd_J%C3%BCrgen_Fischer" title="Bernd Jürgen Fischer">Fischer</a>)</small><sup id="cite_ref-Fischer22_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fischer22-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />12–25 dead (Italian claim)<sup id="cite_ref-Fischer22_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fischer22-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2004445_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPearson2004445-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />97 wounded<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2004445_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPearson2004445-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> Likely more than 700 dead <small>(according to Fischer)</small><sup id="cite_ref-Fischer_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fischer-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />160 dead and several hundreds wounded <small>(according to Pearson)</small><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2004445_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPearson2004445-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span 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Albania</span></a></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>Battles in 1939</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Durr%C3%ABs_(1939)" title="Battle of Durrës (1939)">Durrës</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Vlor%C3%AB_(1939)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of Vlorë (1939) (page does not exist)">Vlorë</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Sarand%C3%AB&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of Sarandë (page does not exist)">Sarandë</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Sh%C3%ABngjin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of Shëngjin (page does not exist)">Shëngjin</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Capture_of_Tirana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Capture of Tirana (page does not exist)">Tirana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Fier&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of Fier (page does not exist)">Fier</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Shkod%C3%ABr_(1939)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of Shkodër (1939) (page does not exist)">Shkodër</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Elbasan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of Elbasan (page does not exist)">Elbasan</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Italian_protectorate_of_Albania_(1939%E2%80%931943)" title="Italian protectorate of Albania (1939–1943)">Italian protectorate of Albania</a></dt></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1246091330">.mw-parser-output .sidebar{width:22em;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border:1px solid 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War</a> 1919–1920</li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><div class="sidebar-list-title-c"> 1920s</div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Trianon" title="Treaty of Trianon">Treaty of Trianon</a> 1920</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Rapallo_(1920)" title="Treaty of Rapallo (1920)">Treaty of Rapallo</a> 1920</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franco-Polish_Alliance_(1921)" class="mw-redirect" title="Franco-Polish Alliance (1921)">Franco-Polish alliance</a> 1921</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_on_Rome" title="March on Rome">March on Rome</a> 1922</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corfu_incident" title="Corfu incident">Corfu incident</a> 1923</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_the_Ruhr" title="Occupation of the Ruhr">Occupation of the Ruhr</a> 1923–1925</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mein_Kampf" title="Mein Kampf">Mein Kampf</a></i> 1925</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Italo-Senussi_War" title="Second Italo-Senussi War">Second Italo-Senussi War</a> 1923–1932</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dawes_Plan" title="Dawes Plan">Dawes Plan</a> 1924</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Locarno_Treaties" title="Locarno Treaties">Locarno Treaties</a> 1925</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Young_Plan" title="Young Plan">Young Plan</a> 1929</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a> 1929</li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><div class="sidebar-list-title-c"> 1930s</div></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_invasion_of_Manchuria" title="Japanese invasion of Manchuria">Japanese invasion of Manchuria</a> 1931</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacification_of_Manchukuo" title="Pacification of Manchukuo">Pacification of Manchukuo</a> 1931–1942</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_28_incident" title="January 28 incident">January 28 incident</a> 1932</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conference_for_the_Reduction_and_Limitation_of_Armaments" title="Conference for the Reduction and Limitation of Armaments">Geneva Conference</a> 1932–1934</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_of_the_Great_Wall" title="Defense of the Great Wall">Defense of the Great Wall</a> 1933</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Rehe" title="Battle of Rehe">Battle of Rehe</a> 1933</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler%27s_rise_to_power" title="Adolf Hitler's rise to power">Nazis' rise to power in Germany</a> 1933</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanggu_Truce" title="Tanggu Truce">Tanggu Truce</a> 1933</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italo-Soviet_Pact" title="Italo-Soviet Pact">Italo-Soviet Pact</a> 1933</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Actions_in_Inner_Mongolia_(1933%E2%80%931936)" title="Actions in Inner Mongolia (1933–1936)">Inner Mongolian Campaign</a> 1933–1936</li> <li><a href="/wiki/German%E2%80%93Polish_declaration_of_non-aggression" title="German–Polish declaration of non-aggression">German–Polish declaration of non-aggression</a> 1934</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franco-Soviet_Treaty_of_Mutual_Assistance" title="Franco-Soviet Treaty of Mutual Assistance">Franco-Soviet Treaty of Mutual Assistance</a> 1935</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic%E2%80%93Russia_relations#Background" title="Czech Republic–Russia relations">Soviet–Czechoslovakia Treaty of Mutual Assistance</a> 1935</li> <li><a href="/wiki/He%E2%80%93Umezu_Agreement" title="He–Umezu Agreement">He–Umezu Agreement</a> 1935</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-German_Naval_Agreement" title="Anglo-German Naval Agreement">Anglo-German Naval Agreement</a> 1935</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_9th_Movement" title="December 9th Movement">December 9th Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Italo-Ethiopian_War" title="Second Italo-Ethiopian War">Second Italo-Ethiopian War</a> 1935–1936</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Remilitarization_of_the_Rhineland" class="mw-redirect" title="Remilitarization of the Rhineland">Remilitarization of the Rhineland</a> 1936</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936%E2%80%931939_Arab_revolt_in_Palestine" title="1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine">Arab revolt in Palestine</a> 1936–1939</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Civil_War" title="Spanish Civil War">Spanish Civil War</a> 1936–1939</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italo-German_protocol_of_23_October_1936" title="Italo-German protocol of 23 October 1936">Italo-German "Axis" protocol</a> 1936</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Comintern_Pact" title="Anti-Comintern Pact">Anti-Comintern Pact</a> 1936</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suiyuan_campaign" title="Suiyuan campaign">Suiyuan campaign</a> 1936</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xi%27an_Incident" title="Xi'an Incident">Xi'an Incident</a> 1936</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War" title="Second Sino-Japanese War">Second Sino-Japanese War</a> 1937–1945</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Panay_incident" title="USS Panay incident">USS <i>Panay</i> incident</a> 1937</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anschluss" title="Anschluss">Anschluss</a> Mar. 1938</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Polish_ultimatum_to_Lithuania" title="1938 Polish ultimatum to Lithuania">Polish ultimatum to Lithuania</a> Mar. 1938</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_Crisis" title="May Crisis">May Crisis</a> May 1938</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Lake_Khasan" title="Battle of Lake Khasan">Battle of Lake Khasan</a> July–Aug. 1938</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bled_agreement_(1938)" title="Bled agreement (1938)">Bled Agreement</a> Aug. 1938</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudetendeutsches_Freikorps#Undeclared_German–Czechoslovak_War" title="Sudetendeutsches Freikorps">Undeclared German–Czechoslovak War</a> Sep. 1938</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munich_Agreement" title="Munich Agreement">Munich Agreement</a> Sep. 1938</li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Vienna_Award" title="First Vienna Award">First Vienna Award</a> Nov. 1938</li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_occupation_of_Czechoslovakia" class="mw-redirect" title="German occupation of Czechoslovakia">German occupation of Czechoslovakia</a> Mar. 1939</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungarian_invasion_of_Carpatho-Ukraine" title="Hungarian invasion of Carpatho-Ukraine">Hungarian invasion of Carpatho-Ukraine</a> Mar. 1939</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_German_ultimatum_to_Lithuania" title="1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania">German ultimatum to Lithuania</a> Mar. 1939</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovak%E2%80%93Hungarian_War" title="Slovak–Hungarian War">Slovak–Hungarian War</a> Mar. 1939</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Final_offensive_of_the_Spanish_Civil_War" title="Final offensive of the Spanish Civil War">Final offensive of the Spanish Civil War</a> Mar.–Apr. 1939</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danzig_crisis" title="Danzig crisis">Danzig Crisis</a> Mar.–Aug. 1939</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Polish_alliance#British_assurance_to_Poland" title="Anglo-Polish alliance">British guarantee to Poland</a> Mar. 1939</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Italian invasion of Albania</a> Apr. 1939</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Polish_alliance#Failed_Soviet-Franco-British_alliance" title="Anglo-Polish alliance">Soviet–British–French Moscow negotiations</a> Apr.–Aug. 1939</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pact_of_Steel" title="Pact of Steel">Pact of Steel</a> May 1939</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battles_of_Khalkhin_Gol" title="Battles of Khalkhin Gol">Battles of Khalkhin Gol</a> May–Sep. 1939</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Molotov%E2%80%93Ribbentrop_Pact" title="Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact">Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact</a> Aug. 1939</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland" title="Invasion of Poland">Invasion of Poland</a> Sep. 1939</li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Events_leading_to_World_War_II" title="Template:Events leading to World War II"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Events_leading_to_World_War_II" title="Template talk:Events leading to World War II"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Events_leading_to_World_War_II" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Events leading to World War II"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Italian invasion of Albania</b> was a brief military campaign which was launched by <a href="/wiki/Fascist_Italy" title="Fascist Italy">Fascist Italy</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Albanian_Kingdom_(1928%E2%80%931939)" title="Albanian Kingdom (1928–1939)">Albanian Kingdom</a> in 1939. The conflict was a result of the imperialistic policies of the Italian prime minister and dictator <a href="/wiki/Benito_Mussolini" title="Benito Mussolini">Benito Mussolini</a>. Albania was rapidly overrun, its ruler <a href="/wiki/Zog_I_of_Albania" class="mw-redirect" title="Zog I of Albania">King Zog I</a> went into exile in neighboring <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Greece" title="Kingdom of Greece">Greece</a>, and the country was made a part of the <a href="/wiki/Italian_Empire" title="Italian Empire">Italian Empire</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Italian_protectorate_of_Albania_(1939%E2%80%931943)" title="Italian protectorate of Albania (1939–1943)">protectorate</a> in <a href="/wiki/Personal_union" title="Personal union">personal union</a> with the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Savoy" title="House of Savoy">Italian Crown</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Italian_invasion_of_Albania&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Albania" title="Albania">Albania</a> had long been of considerable strategic importance to the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Italy" title="Kingdom of Italy">Kingdom of Italy</a>. Italian naval strategists coveted the port of <a href="/wiki/Vlor%C3%AB" title="Vlorë">Vlorë</a> and the island of <a href="/wiki/Sazan_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Sazan Island">Sazan</a> because of their location at the entrance to the <a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Vlor%C3%AB" title="Bay of Vlorë">Bay of Vlorë</a> and out to the <a href="/wiki/Adriatic_Sea" title="Adriatic Sea">Adriatic Sea</a>. The Italians also wanted to construct a suitable base on Vlorë and Sazan for military operations in the <a href="/wiki/Balkans" title="Balkans">Balkans</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFischer_1999_(C._Hurst_ed.)5_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFischer_1999_(C._Hurst_ed.)5-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the late Ottoman period, with a local weakening of Islam, the <a href="/wiki/Albanian_nationalism" title="Albanian nationalism">Albanian nationalist movement</a> gained the strong support of the two Adriatic sea powers of <a href="/wiki/Austria-Hungary" title="Austria-Hungary">Austria-Hungary</a> and Italy, which were concerned about <a href="/wiki/Pan-Slavism" title="Pan-Slavism">pan-Slavism</a> in the wider Balkans and also Anglo-French hegemony, purportedly represented in the area through Greece.<sup id="cite_ref-Kokolakis91_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kokolakis91-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> Italy and Austria-Hungary had been supportive of the creation of an independent Albanian state.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the outbreak of the war, Italy seized the chance to occupy the southern half of Albania, to avoid it being captured by the Austro-Hungarians. That success did not last long, as Albanian resistance during the subsequent <a href="/wiki/Vlora_War" title="Vlora War">Vlora War</a> and post-war domestic problems forced Italy to pull out in 1920.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The desire to compensate for this failure would be one of Mussolini's major motives in invading Albania.<sup id="cite_ref-Lee2003_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lee2003-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Culturally and historically, Albania was important to the nationalistic aims of Italian Fascists,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> as the territory of Albania had long been part of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman Empire</a>, even prior to the annexation of northern Italy by the Romans. Later, during the <a href="/wiki/High_Middle_Ages" title="High Middle Ages">High Middle Ages</a>, some coastal areas (like <a href="/wiki/Durr%C3%ABs" title="Durrës">Durazzo</a>) had been influenced and owned by Italian powers for many years. Chief among them were the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Naples" title="Kingdom of Naples">Kingdom of Naples</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Venice" title="Republic of Venice">Republic of Venice</a> (cf. <a href="/wiki/Albania_Veneta" class="mw-redirect" title="Albania Veneta">Albania Veneta</a>). The Italian Fascist regime legitimized its claim to Albania by conducting studies and using them to proclaim the racial affinity of Albanians and Italians, especially as opposed to the Slavic Yugoslavs.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Italian Fascists claimed that Albanians were linked to <a href="/wiki/Italians" title="Italians">Italians</a> through an ethnic heritage due to links between the prehistoric <a href="/wiki/Italiotes" title="Italiotes">Italiotes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome">Roman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Illyrians" title="Illyrians">Illyrian</a> populations, and they also claimed that the major influence over Albania of the Roman and Venetian empires justified Italy's right to possess it.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>When Mussolini seized power in Italy, he turned to Albania with renewed interest. Italy began to penetrate Albania's economy in 1925, when Albania agreed to allow Italy to exploit its mineral resources.<sup id="cite_ref-LoC_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LoC-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That action was followed by the signing of the <a href="/wiki/Treaties_of_Tirana" title="Treaties of Tirana"> First Treaty of Tirana</a> in 1926 and the signing of the Second Treaty of Tirana in 1927, which enabled Italy and Albania to form a defensive alliance.<sup id="cite_ref-LoC_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LoC-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among other things, the Albanian government and economy were subsidised by Italian loans and the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Albanian_Army" title="Royal Albanian Army">Royal Albanian Army</a> was not only trained by Italian military instructors, most of the officers in the army were also Italians; other Italians were highly placed in the Albanian government. A third of Albanian imports came from Italy.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite strong Italian influence, King <a href="/wiki/Zog_of_Albania" class="mw-redirect" title="Zog of Albania">Zog I</a> refused to completely give in to Italian pressure.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFischer_1999_(C._Hurst_ed.)7_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFischer_1999_(C._Hurst_ed.)7-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1931, he openly stood up to the Italians, refusing to renew the 1926 Treaty of Tirana. After Albania signed trade agreements with <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Yugoslavia" title="Kingdom of Yugoslavia">Yugoslavia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Second_Hellenic_Republic" title="Second Hellenic Republic">Greece</a> in 1934, Mussolini made a failed attempt to intimidate the Albanians by sending a fleet of warships to Albania.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Accuracy_dispute#Disputed_statement" title="Wikipedia:Accuracy dispute"><span title="The material near this tag is possibly inaccurate or nonfactual. (July 2019)">dubious</span></a> – <a href="/wiki/Talk:Italian_invasion_of_Albania#Dubious" title="Talk:Italian invasion of Albania">discuss</a></i>]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a> <a href="/wiki/Anschluss" title="Anschluss">annexed Austria</a> and <a href="/wiki/German_occupation_of_Czechoslovakia" class="mw-redirect" title="German occupation of Czechoslovakia">moved against</a> <a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia" title="Czechoslovakia">Czechoslovakia</a>, Italy noticed that it was becoming the lesser member of the <a href="/wiki/Pact_of_Steel" title="Pact of Steel">Pact of Steel</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Accuracy_dispute#Disputed_statement" title="Wikipedia:Accuracy dispute"><span title="The material near this tag is possibly inaccurate or nonfactual. (July 2019)">dubious</span></a> – <a href="/wiki/Talk:Italian_invasion_of_Albania#Dubious" title="Talk:Italian invasion of Albania">discuss</a></i>]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-LoC2_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LoC2-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meanwhile, the imminent birth of an Albanian royal child threatened to give Zog the opportunity to establish a lasting dynasty. After Hitler <a href="/wiki/Protectorate_of_Bohemia_and_Moravia" title="Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia">invaded Czechoslovakia</a> (March 15, 1939) without notifying Mussolini in advance, the Italian dictator decided to proceed with his annexation of Albania.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Italy's King <a href="/wiki/Victor_Emmanuel_III_of_Italy" class="mw-redirect" title="Victor Emmanuel III of Italy">Victor Emmanuel III</a> criticized Mussolini's plan to annex Albania by stating that it was an extremely unnecessary risk for an almost negligible gain.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rome, however, delivered <a href="/wiki/Tirana" title="Tirana">Tirana</a> an ultimatum on March 25, 1939, demanding that it consent to Italy's occupation of Albania.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Zog refused to accept money in exchange for allowing a full Italian takeover and colonization of Albania.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The Albanian government tried to keep news of the Italian ultimatum secret.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> While <a href="/wiki/Radio_Tirana" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio Tirana">Radio Tirana</a> persistently broadcast claims in which it stated that nothing was happening, people became suspicious; and the news of the Italian ultimatum was spread by unofficial sources. On April 5, the king's son was born and the news of his birth was announced by the firing of cannons. Alarmed, people poured out into the streets, but the news of the birth of the new prince calmed them. People suspected that something else was going on, which led to an anti-Italian demonstration in Tirana the same day. On 6 April, several demonstrations were staged in Albania's main cities. That same afternoon, 100 Italian aircraft flew over <a href="/wiki/Tirana" title="Tirana">Tirana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Durr%C3%ABs" title="Durrës">Durrës</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Vlor%C3%AB" title="Vlorë">Vlorë</a>, dropping leaflets which instructed the people to submit to Italian occupation. The people were infuriated by this demonstration of force and they called for the government to resist the Italian occupation and release all of the Albanians who were previously arrested on the suspicion that they were "communists". The crowd shouted, "Give us arms! We are being sold out! We are being betrayed!".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> While a mobilization of the reserves was called, many high-ranking officers left the country.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The government began to dissolve. The Minister of the Interior, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Musa_Juka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Musa Juka (page does not exist)">Musa Juka</a>, left the country and moved to <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Yugoslavia" title="Kingdom of Yugoslavia">Yugoslavia</a> the same day. While King Zog announced that he would resist the Italian occupation of his country, his people felt that they were being abandoned by their government.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2004439_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPearson2004439-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Invasion">Invasion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Italian_invasion_of_Albania&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Invasion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Durr%C3%ABs_(1939)" title="Battle of Durrës (1939)">Battle of Durrës (1939)</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Italian_troops_in_Durr%C3%ABs.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Italian_troops_in_Durr%C3%ABs.jpg/250px-Italian_troops_in_Durr%C3%ABs.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Italian_troops_in_Durr%C3%ABs.jpg/375px-Italian_troops_in_Durr%C3%ABs.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Italian_troops_in_Durr%C3%ABs.jpg/500px-Italian_troops_in_Durr%C3%ABs.jpg 2x" data-file-width="552" data-file-height="369" /></a><figcaption>Italian troops and <a href="/wiki/L3/35" title="L3/35">L3/35</a> tanks in Durrës.</figcaption></figure> <p>The original Italian plans for the invasion called for the deployment of up to 50,000 men who would be supported by 51 naval units and 400 airplanes. Ultimately, the invasion force grew to 100,000 men who were supported by 600 airplanes,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2004444_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPearson2004444-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but only 22,000 men actually took part in the invasion.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFischer_1999_(Purdue_ed.)22_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFischer_1999_(Purdue_ed.)22-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On April 7, Mussolini's troops, led by General <a href="/wiki/Alfredo_Guzzoni" title="Alfredo Guzzoni">Alfredo Guzzoni</a>, invaded Albania, simultaneously attacking all Albanian ports. The Italian naval forces which were involved in the invasion consisted of the battleships <a href="/wiki/Italian_battleship_Giulio_Cesare" title="Italian battleship Giulio Cesare"><i>Giulio Cesare</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/Italian_battleship_Conte_di_Cavour" title="Italian battleship Conte di Cavour"><i>Conte di Cavour</i></a>, three <a href="/wiki/Heavy_cruiser" title="Heavy cruiser">heavy cruisers</a>, three <a href="/wiki/Light_cruiser" title="Light cruiser">light cruisers</a>, nine destroyers, fourteen torpedo boats, one <a href="/wiki/Minelayer" title="Minelayer">minelayer</a>, ten auxiliary ships and nine transport ships.<sup id="cite_ref-marina.difesa.it_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-marina.difesa.it-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ships were divided into four groups that carried out landings at <a href="/wiki/Vlore" class="mw-redirect" title="Vlore">Vlore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Durres" class="mw-redirect" title="Durres">Durres</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shengjin" class="mw-redirect" title="Shengjin">Shengjin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sarand%C3%AB" title="Sarandë">Sarandë</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Romanian_Land_Forces" title="Romanian Land Forces">Romanian Royal Army</a> never deployed to Sarandë and Italy conquered the Romanian concession along with the rest of Albania during the invasion.<sup id="cite_ref-marina.difesa.it_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-marina.difesa.it-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the other side, the regular Albanian army had 15,000 poorly equipped troops who had previously been trained by Italian officers. King Zog's plan was to mount a resistance in the mountains, leaving the ports and the main cities undefended; but Italian agents who were placed in Albania as military instructors sabotaged this plan. As a consequence, the resistance was mainly offered by the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Albanian_Gendarmerie" title="Royal Albanian Gendarmerie">Royal Albanian Gendarmerie</a> and small groups of patriots. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Durr%C3%ABs" title="Durrës">Durrës</a>, a force of 500 Albanians, including gendarmes and armed volunteers, led by Major <a href="/wiki/Abaz_Kupi" title="Abaz Kupi">Abaz Kupi</a> (the commander of the gendarmerie in Durrës), and <a href="/wiki/Mujo_Ulqinaku" title="Mujo Ulqinaku">Mujo Ulqinaku</a>, a naval sergeant, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Durr%C3%ABs_(1939)" title="Battle of Durrës (1939)">tried to halt</a> the Italian advance. Equipped with small arms and three machine guns and supported by a coastal battery, the defenders resisted the Italians for a few hours before they were defeated by Italian naval fire.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2004444_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPearson2004444-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Albanian_Navy_(1914-1939)" class="mw-redirect" title="Albanian Navy (1914-1939)">Royal Albanian Navy</a> stationed in Durrës consisted of four patrol boats (each armed with a machine gun) and a coastal battery with four 75 mm guns, the latter also being involved in the fighting.<sup id="cite_ref-books.google.com_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-books.google.com-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mujo Ulqinaku, the commander of the patrol boat <i>Tiranë</i>, used his machine gun to kill and wound many Italian troops until himself being killed by an artillery shell from an Italian warship.<sup id="cite_ref-books.google.com_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-books.google.com-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Kore_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kore-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eventually, a large number of light tanks were unloaded from the Italian ships. After that, resistance began to crumble, and within five hours the Italians had captured the city.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2004444–5_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPearson2004444–5-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 1:30 pm on the first day, all Albanian ports were in Italian hands. King Zog, his wife, Queen <a href="/wiki/Geraldine_Apponyi" class="mw-redirect" title="Geraldine Apponyi">Geraldine Apponyi</a>, and their infant son <a href="/wiki/Leka,_Crown_Prince_of_Albania_(born_1939)" class="mw-redirect" title="Leka, Crown Prince of Albania (born 1939)">Leka</a> fled to Greece the same day, taking with them part of the gold reserves of the Albanian <a href="/wiki/Bank_of_Albania" title="Bank of Albania">central bank</a>. On hearing the news, an angry mob attacked the prisons, liberated the prisoners and sacked the King's residence. At 9:30 am on April 8, Italian troops entered Tirana and quickly captured all government buildings. Italian columns of soldiers then marched to <a href="/wiki/Shkod%C3%ABr" title="Shkodër">Shkodër</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fier" title="Fier">Fier</a> and <a href="/wiki/Elbasan" title="Elbasan">Elbasan</a>. Shkodër surrendered in the evening after 12 hours of fighting. During the Italian advance in Shkodër the mob besieged the prison and liberated some 200 prisoners.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2004454_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPearson2004454-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The number of casualties in these battles is disputed. Italian military reports stated that at Durrës 25 Italians were killed and 97 wounded, while the local townspeople claimed that 400 Italians were killed.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2004445_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPearson2004445-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Casualties for the Albanians were given as 160 dead and several hundreds wounded.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2004445_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPearson2004445-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On April 12, the Albanian parliament voted to depose Zog and unite the nation with Italy "in personal union" by offering the Albanian crown to Italy's King <a href="/wiki/Victor_Emmanuel_III" title="Victor Emmanuel III">Victor Emmanuel III</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFischer_1999_(C._Hurst_ed.)36_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFischer_1999_(C._Hurst_ed.)36-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The parliament elected Albania's largest landowner, <a href="/wiki/Shefqet_V%C3%ABrlaci" title="Shefqet Vërlaci">Shefqet Vërlaci</a>, as Prime Minister. Vërlaci served as interim head of state for five days until Victor Emmanuel III formally accepted the Albanian crown in a ceremony at the <a href="/wiki/Quirinale" class="mw-redirect" title="Quirinale">Quirinale</a> palace in Rome. Victor Emmanuel III appointed <a href="/wiki/Francesco_Jacomoni_di_San_Savino" class="mw-redirect" title="Francesco Jacomoni di San Savino">Francesco Jacomoni di San Savino</a>, a former ambassador to Albania, to represent him in Albania as "Lieutenant-General of the King" (effectively a <a href="/wiki/Viceroy" title="Viceroy">viceroy</a>). </p><p>In general, the Italian invasion was poorly planned and badly executed, and succeeded only because Albanian resistance was weak. As <a href="/wiki/Filippo_Anfuso" title="Filippo Anfuso">Filippo Anfuso</a>, <a href="/wiki/Galeazzo_Ciano" title="Galeazzo Ciano">Count Ciano</a>'s chief assistant sarcastically commented "...if only the Albanians had possessed a well-armed fire-brigade, they could have driven us into the Adriatic".<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Italian_invasion_of_Albania&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Albanian_Kingdom_(1939%E2%80%931943)" class="mw-redirect" title="Albanian Kingdom (1939–1943)">Albanian Kingdom (1939–1943)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Albanian_Resistance_of_World_War_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Albanian Resistance of World War II">Albanian Resistance of World War II</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Albanian_Kingdom_(1939).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Albanian_Kingdom_%281939%29.svg/250px-Albanian_Kingdom_%281939%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="253" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Albanian_Kingdom_%281939%29.svg/375px-Albanian_Kingdom_%281939%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Albanian_Kingdom_%281939%29.svg/500px-Albanian_Kingdom_%281939%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="456" /></a><figcaption> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#00D400; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Italy_(1861%E2%80%931946)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)">Kingdom of Italy</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#008000; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Albanian_Kingdom_(1939%E2%80%931943)" class="mw-redirect" title="Albanian Kingdom (1939–1943)">Albanian Kingdom</a></div></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Albania_(1939%E2%80%931943).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Albania_%281939%E2%80%931943%29.svg/200px-Flag_of_Albania_%281939%E2%80%931943%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Albania_%281939%E2%80%931943%29.svg/300px-Flag_of_Albania_%281939%E2%80%931943%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Albania_%281939%E2%80%931943%29.svg/400px-Flag_of_Albania_%281939%E2%80%931943%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Flag of Albania, during Italian rule.</figcaption></figure> <p>On April 15, 1939, Albania withdrew from the <a href="/wiki/League_of_Nations" title="League of Nations">League of Nations</a>, from which Italy had resigned in 1937. On June 3, 1939, the Albanian foreign ministry merged into the Italian foreign ministry, and Albanian Foreign Minister <a href="/wiki/Xhemil_Dino" title="Xhemil Dino">Xhemil Dino</a> became an Italian ambassador. Upon the capture of Albania, Italian dictator <a href="/wiki/Benito_Mussolini" title="Benito Mussolini">Benito Mussolini</a> declared the official creation of the <a href="/wiki/Italian_Empire" title="Italian Empire">Italian Empire</a> and King Victor Emmanuel III was crowned <a href="/wiki/King_of_the_Albanians" class="mw-redirect" title="King of the Albanians">King of the Albanians</a> in addition to his title of <a href="/wiki/Emperor_of_Ethiopia" title="Emperor of Ethiopia">Emperor of Ethiopia</a>, which had been occupied by Italy three years before. The Albanian military was placed under Italian command and formally merged into the Italian Army in 1940. Additionally, the <a href="/wiki/Italian_Blackshirts" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian Blackshirts">Italian Blackshirts</a> formed four legions of <a href="/wiki/Albanian_Militia" class="mw-redirect" title="Albanian Militia">Albanian Militia</a>, initially recruited from <a href="/wiki/Italian_colonists_in_Albania" title="Italian colonists in Albania">Italian colonists</a> living in Albania, but later from ethnic Albanians.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1940_Albanian_Kingdom_Laissez_Passer_issued_for_traveling_to_Fascist_Italy_after_the_invasion_from_the_previous_year.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/1940_Albanian_Kingdom_Laissez_Passer_issued_for_traveling_to_Fascist_Italy_after_the_invasion_from_the_previous_year.jpg/220px-1940_Albanian_Kingdom_Laissez_Passer_issued_for_traveling_to_Fascist_Italy_after_the_invasion_from_the_previous_year.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/1940_Albanian_Kingdom_Laissez_Passer_issued_for_traveling_to_Fascist_Italy_after_the_invasion_from_the_previous_year.jpg/330px-1940_Albanian_Kingdom_Laissez_Passer_issued_for_traveling_to_Fascist_Italy_after_the_invasion_from_the_previous_year.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/1940_Albanian_Kingdom_Laissez_Passer_issued_for_traveling_to_Fascist_Italy_after_the_invasion_from_the_previous_year.jpg/440px-1940_Albanian_Kingdom_Laissez_Passer_issued_for_traveling_to_Fascist_Italy_after_the_invasion_from_the_previous_year.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2317" data-file-height="1848" /></a><figcaption>1940 Albanian Kingdom Laissez Passer issued for traveling to Fascist Italy after the invasion from the previous year.</figcaption></figure> <p>Upon the occupation of Albania and the installation of a new government, the economies of Albania and Italy were merged by a <a href="/wiki/Customs_union" title="Customs union">customs union</a> which resulted in the removal of most trade restrictions.<sup id="cite_ref-Raphaël_Lemkin_2005._Pp._102_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Raphaël_Lemkin_2005._Pp._102-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Through a <a href="/wiki/Tariff" title="Tariff">tariff</a> union, the Italian tariff system was put in place in Albania.<sup id="cite_ref-Raphaël_Lemkin_2005._Pp._102_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Raphaël_Lemkin_2005._Pp._102-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to the expected economic losses in Albania from the alteration in tariff policy, the Italian government provided Albania 15 million <a href="/wiki/Albanian_lek" title="Albanian lek">Albanian leks</a> each year in compensation.<sup id="cite_ref-Raphaël_Lemkin_2005._Pp._102_30-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Raphaël_Lemkin_2005._Pp._102-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Italian customs laws were to apply in Albania and only Italy alone could conclude treaties with third parties.<sup id="cite_ref-Raphaël_Lemkin_2005._Pp._102_30-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Raphaël_Lemkin_2005._Pp._102-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Italian capital was allowed to dominate the Albanian economy.<sup id="cite_ref-Raphaël_Lemkin_2005._Pp._102_30-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Raphaël_Lemkin_2005._Pp._102-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, Italian companies were allowed to hold monopolies in the exploitation of Albanian natural resources.<sup id="cite_ref-Raphaël_Lemkin_2005._Pp._102_30-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Raphaël_Lemkin_2005._Pp._102-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All petroleum resources in Albania went through <a href="/wiki/Agip" title="Agip">Agip</a>, Italy's state petroleum company.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Albania followed Italy into war against Britain and France on June 10, 1940. Albania served as the base for the <a href="/wiki/Greco-Italian_War" title="Greco-Italian War">Italian invasion of Greece</a> in October 1940, and Albanian troops participated in the Greek campaign, but they massively deserted the front line. The country's southern areas (including the cities of <a href="/wiki/Gjirokast%C3%ABr" title="Gjirokastër">Gjirokastër</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kor%C3%A7%C3%AB" title="Korçë">Korçë</a>) were temporarily occupied by the Greek army during that campaign. In May 1941, Albania was enlarged by the annexation of <a href="/wiki/Kosovo" title="Kosovo">Kosovo</a> and parts of <a href="/wiki/Montenegro" title="Montenegro">Montenegro</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Vardar_Banovina" title="Vardar Banovina">Vardar Banovina</a>, going a long way towards the realization of nationalistic claims for a "<a href="/wiki/Greater_Albania" title="Greater Albania">Greater Albania</a>". Part of the western coast of <a href="/wiki/Epirus" title="Epirus">Epirus</a> which was called <i><a href="/wiki/Chameria" title="Chameria">Chameria</a></i> was not annexed, instead, it was put under the rule of an Albanian High Commissioner who exercised nominal control of it. When Italy left the <a href="/wiki/Axis_powers" title="Axis powers">Axis powers</a> in September 1943, German troops immediately occupied Albania after a short campaign, with relatively strong resistance.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFischer_1999_(C._Hurst_ed.)189_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFischer_1999_(C._Hurst_ed.)189-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the Second World War, the Albanian Partisans, including some Albanian nationalist groups, sporadically fought against the Italians (after autumn 1942) and, subsequently, they sporadically fought against the Germans. By October 1944, the Germans had withdrawn from the southern Balkans in response to military defeats which they had suffered at the hands of the Red Army, the <a href="/wiki/Second_Jassy%E2%80%93Kishinev_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive">collapse</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Romania" title="Kingdom of Romania">Romania</a> and the imminent fall of <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Bulgaria" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFischer_1999_(C._Hurst_ed.)223_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFischer_1999_(C._Hurst_ed.)223-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the Germans left Albania due to the rapid advance of Albanian Communist forces, the Albanian Partisans crushed nationalist resistance and the leader of the <a href="/wiki/Albanian_Communist_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Albanian Communist Party">Albanian Communist Party</a>, <a href="/wiki/Enver_Hoxha" title="Enver Hoxha">Enver Hoxha</a>, became the ruler of the country.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cultural_references">Cultural references</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Italian_invasion_of_Albania&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Cultural references"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The events which surrounded the Italian annexation of Albania formed part of the inspiration for the eighth volume of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Tintin" title="The Adventures of Tintin">The Adventures of Tintin</a></i> comics titled <i><a href="/wiki/King_Ottokar%27s_Sceptre" title="King Ottokar's Sceptre">King Ottokar's Sceptre</a></i>, with a plot based on a fictional Balkan country <i>Syldavia</i> and uneasy tensions with its larger neighbour <i>Borduria</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Assouline62_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Assouline62-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The author of the Tintin comics <a href="/wiki/Herg%C3%A9" title="Hergé">Hergé</a> also insisted that his editor publish the work to take advantage of current events in 1939 as he felt "Syldavia is Albania".<sup id="cite_ref-Assouline62_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Assouline62-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Italian_invasion_of_Albania&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adriatic_campaign_of_World_War_II" title="Adriatic campaign of World War II">Adriatic campaign of World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Fascist_Militia" title="Albanian Fascist Militia">Albanian Fascist Militia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albania%E2%80%93Italy_relations" title="Albania–Italy relations">Albania–Italy relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Albanian_Army" title="Royal Albanian Army">Royal Albanian Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Italian_Army" title="Royal Italian Army">Royal Italian Army</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Italian_invasion_of_Albania&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFischer_1999_(Purdue_ed.)21-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFischer_1999_(Purdue_ed.)21_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFischer_1999_(Purdue_ed.)">Fischer 1999 (Purdue ed.)</a>, p. 21.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFischer_1999_(Purdue_ed.)22-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFischer_1999_(Purdue_ed.)22_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFischer_1999_(Purdue_ed.)22_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFischer_1999_(Purdue_ed.)">Fischer 1999 (Purdue ed.)</a>, p. 22.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Fischer22-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Fischer22_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Fischer22_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFischer1999">Fischer 1999</a>, p. 22:Reports on the number of casualties differed rather significantly. The townspeople of Durrës maintained that the Italians lost four hundred. Although Italian propaganda claimed that Italy only lost twelve men in the entire invasion, it is possible that approximately two hundred Italians were killed in Durrës alone and as many as seven hundred Italians may have been killed in total.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPearson2004445-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2004445_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2004445_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2004445_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2004445_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2004445_4-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearson2004">Pearson 2004</a>, p. 445.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Fischer-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Fischer_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFFischer1999a" class="citation book cs1">Fischer, Bernd J. (1999a). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=P-MiG9ngCp8C"><i>Albania at war, 1939-1945</i></a>. West Lafayette, Ind.: Purdue University Press. p. 22. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781557531414" title="Special:BookSources/9781557531414"><bdi>9781557531414</bdi></a>. <q>Albanian casualties may have been higher.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Albania+at+war%2C+1939-1945&rft.place=West+Lafayette%2C+Ind.&rft.pages=22&rft.pub=Purdue+University+Press&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=9781557531414&rft.aulast=Fischer&rft.aufirst=Bernd+J.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DP-MiG9ngCp8C&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AItalian+invasion+of+Albania" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFischer_1999_(C._Hurst_ed.)5-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFischer_1999_(C._Hurst_ed.)5_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFischer_1999_(C._Hurst_ed.)">Fischer 1999 (C. Hurst ed.)</a>, p. 5.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Kokolakis91-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Kokolakis91_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKokolakis2003" class="citation book cs1">Kokolakis, Mihalis (2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://helios-eie.ekt.gr/EIE/handle/10442/8080"><i>Το ύστερο Γιαννιώτικο Πασαλίκι: χώρος, διοίκηση και πληθυσμός στην τουρκοκρατούμενη Ηπειρο (1820–1913) [The late Pashalik of Ioannina: Space, administration and population in Ottoman ruled Epirus (1820–1913)]</i></a>. Athens: EIE-ΚΝΕ. p. 91. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/960-7916-11-5" title="Special:BookSources/960-7916-11-5"><bdi>960-7916-11-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=%CE%A4%CE%BF+%CF%8D%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%BF+%CE%93%CE%B9%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%BD%CE%B9%CF%8E%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%BF+%CE%A0%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%BA%CE%B9%3A+%CF%87%CF%8E%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82%2C+%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%BF%CE%AF%CE%BA%CE%B7%CF%83%CE%B7+%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9+%CF%80%CE%BB%CE%B7%CE%B8%CF%85%CF%83%CE%BC%CF%8C%CF%82+%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD+%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%81%CE%BA%CE%BF%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BC%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%B7+%CE%97%CF%80%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%81%CE%BF+%281820%E2%80%931913%29+%26%2391%3BThe+late+Pashalik+of+Ioannina%3A+Space%2C+administration+and+population+in+Ottoman+ruled+Epirus+%281820%E2%80%931913%29%26%2393%3B&rft.place=Athens&rft.pages=91&rft.pub=EIE-%CE%9A%CE%9D%CE%95&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=960-7916-11-5&rft.aulast=Kokolakis&rft.aufirst=Mihalis&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fhelios-eie.ekt.gr%2FEIE%2Fhandle%2F10442%2F8080&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AItalian+invasion+of+Albania" class="Z3988"></span> "Περιορίζοντας τις αρχικές του ισλαμιστικές εξάρσεις, το αλβανικό εθνικιστικό κίνημα εξασφάλισε την πολιτική προστασία των δύο ισχυρών δυνάμεων της Αδριατικής, της Ιταλίας και της Αυστρίας, που δήλωναν έτοιμες να κάνουν ό,τι μπορούσαν για να σώσουν τα Βαλκάνια από την απειλή του Πανσλαβισμού και από την αγγλογαλλική κηδεμονία που υποτίθεται ότι θα αντιπροσώπευε η επέκταση της Ελλάδας." "[By limiting the Islamic character, the Albanian nationalist movement secured civil protection from two powerful forces in the Adriatic, Italy and Austria, which was ready to do what they could to save the Balkans from the threat of Pan-Slavism and the Anglo French tutelage that is supposed to represent its extension through Greece.]"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHall2014" class="citation book cs1">Hall, Richard C. (17 October 2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=QM0eBgAAQBAJ"><i>Consumed by War: European Conflict in the 20th Century</i></a>. University Press of Kentucky. p. 12. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780813159959" title="Special:BookSources/9780813159959"><bdi>9780813159959</bdi></a>. <q>As a result of the Ottoman collapse, a group of Albanians, with Austrian and Italian support, declared Albanian independence at Valona (Vlorë) on 28 November 1912.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Consumed+by+War%3A+European+Conflict+in+the+20th+Century&rft.pages=12&rft.pub=University+Press+of+Kentucky&rft.date=2014-10-17&rft.isbn=9780813159959&rft.aulast=Hall&rft.aufirst=Richard+C.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DQM0eBgAAQBAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AItalian+invasion+of+Albania" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://countrystudies.us/albania/25.htm">Albania: A Country Study: Albania's Reemergence after World War I</a>, Library of Congress.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Lee2003-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Lee2003_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStephen_J._Lee2003" class="citation book cs1">Stephen J. Lee (2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Fln44TTgDLIC&pg=PA336"><i>Europe, 1890–1945</i></a>. Psychology Press. p. 336–. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-415-25455-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-415-25455-7"><bdi>978-0-415-25455-7</bdi></a>. <q>The invasion of Albania in 1939 resulted in the addition of territory on the Adriatic, a compensation for the territory Italy had not been given in the 1919 peace settlement. These policies were, however, carried out at immense cost, which eventually shattered the regime's limited infrastructure. There are also examples of direct</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Europe%2C+1890%E2%80%931945&rft.pages=336-&rft.pub=Psychology+Press&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=978-0-415-25455-7&rft.au=Stephen+J.+Lee&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DFln44TTgDLIC%26pg%3DPA336&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AItalian+invasion+of+Albania" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKallis2000" class="citation cs2">Kallis, Aristotle A. (2000), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=BeeRQHDOKXQC"><i>Fascist ideology: territory and expansionism in Italy and Germany, 1922–1945</i></a>, Routledge, pp. 132–133, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780415216128" title="Special:BookSources/9780415216128"><bdi>9780415216128</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Fascist+ideology%3A+territory+and+expansionism+in+Italy+and+Germany%2C+1922%E2%80%931945&rft.pages=132-133&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=9780415216128&rft.aulast=Kallis&rft.aufirst=Aristotle+A.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DBeeRQHDOKXQC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AItalian+invasion+of+Albania" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-LoC-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-LoC_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-LoC_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://countrystudies.us/albania/28.htm">Albania: A Country Study: Italian Penetration, Library of Congress</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">p. 149 Mack Smith, Denis <i>Mussolini's Roman Empire</i> Viking Press 1976</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFischer_1999_(C._Hurst_ed.)7-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFischer_1999_(C._Hurst_ed.)7_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFischer_1999_(C._Hurst_ed.)">Fischer 1999 (C. Hurst ed.)</a>, p. 7.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://countrystudies.us/albania/29.htm">Albania: A Country Study: Zog's Kingdom, Library of Congress</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-LoC2-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-LoC2_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://countrystudies.us/albania/30.htm">Albania: A Country Study: Italian Occupation, Library of Congress</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">p. 151 Mack Smith, Denis <i>Mussolini's Roman Empire</i> Viking Press 1976</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPearson2004" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol">Pearson, Owen (2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=3_Sh3y9IMZAC"><i>Albania in the Twentieth Century, A History</i></a>. Vol. I - Albania and King Zog. The Centre for Albanian Studies / I.B.Tauris. p. 429. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-184511013-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-184511013-0"><bdi>978-184511013-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Albania+in+the+Twentieth+Century%2C+A+History&rft.pages=429&rft.pub=The+Centre+for+Albanian+Studies+%2F+I.B.Tauris&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=978-184511013-0&rft.aulast=Pearson&rft.aufirst=Owen&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D3_Sh3y9IMZAC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AItalian+invasion+of+Albania" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPearson2004439-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2004439_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearson2004">Pearson 2004</a>, p. 439.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPearson2004444-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2004444_20-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2004444_20-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearson2004">Pearson 2004</a>, p. 444.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-marina.difesa.it-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-marina.difesa.it_21-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-marina.difesa.it_21-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.marina.difesa.it/conosciamoci/editoria/marivista/Documents/2011/09_settembre/La_Regia_Marina.pdf">La Regia Marina tra le due guerre mondiali.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-books.google.com-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-books.google.com_22-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-books.google.com_22-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">"Zeqo"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFZeqo1980" class="citation book cs1">Zeqo, Mojkom (1980). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=m6S4AAAAIAAJ&q=mujo+ulqinaku"><i>Mujo Ulqinaku</i></a>. 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House.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Mujo+Ulqinaku&rft.place=Tirana%2C+Albania&rft.pub=8+N%C3%ABntori+Pub.+House&rft.date=1980&rft.aulast=Zeqo&rft.aufirst=Mojkom&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dm6S4AAAAIAAJ%26q%3Dmujo%2Bulqinaku&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AItalian+invasion+of+Albania" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Kore-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Kore_23-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKore2009" class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Kore, Blerim (7 April 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101008171933/http://kohajone.com/html/artikull_40441.html">"Kur mbreti italian Viktor Emanueli, vizitonte Gjirokastren"</a>. <i>Koha Jone</i> (in Albanian). Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kohajone.com/html/artikull_40441.html">the original</a> on 8 October 2010<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2 September</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Koha+Jone&rft.atitle=Kur+mbreti+italian+Viktor+Emanueli%2C+vizitonte+Gjirokastren&rft.date=2009-04-07&rft.aulast=Kore&rft.aufirst=Blerim&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kohajone.com%2Fhtml%2Fartikull_40441.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AItalian+invasion+of+Albania" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPearson2004444–5-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2004444–5_24-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearson2004">Pearson 2004</a>, pp. 444–5.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPearson2004454-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPearson2004454_25-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPearson2004">Pearson 2004</a>, p. 454.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFischer_1999_(C._Hurst_ed.)36-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFischer_1999_(C._Hurst_ed.)36_26-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFischer_1999_(C._Hurst_ed.)">Fischer 1999 (C. Hurst ed.)</a>, p. 36.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSchwandner-SieversFischer2002" class="citation book cs1">Schwandner-Sievers, Stephanie; Fischer, Bernd Jürgen (2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=oRASDq3rc-YC"><i>Albanian Identities: Myth and History</i></a>. Indiana University Press. p. 139. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0253341892" title="Special:BookSources/0253341892"><bdi>0253341892</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Albanian+Identities%3A+Myth+and+History&rft.pages=139&rft.pub=Indiana+University+Press&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=0253341892&rft.aulast=Schwandner-Sievers&rft.aufirst=Stephanie&rft.au=Fischer%2C+Bernd+J%C3%BCrgen&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DoRASDq3rc-YC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AItalian+invasion+of+Albania" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFischer1999" class="citation book cs1">Fischer, Bernd Jürgen (1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=P-MiG9ngCp8C&pg=PA23"><i>Albania at War, 1939–1945</i></a>. Hurst. p. 23. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781850655312" title="Special:BookSources/9781850655312"><bdi>9781850655312</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Albania+at+War%2C+1939%E2%80%931945&rft.pages=23&rft.pub=Hurst&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=9781850655312&rft.aulast=Fischer&rft.aufirst=Bernd+J%C3%BCrgen&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DP-MiG9ngCp8C%26pg%3DPA23&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AItalian+invasion+of+Albania" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBrewer2016" class="citation book cs1">Brewer, David (2016-02-28). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=afS5CwAAQBAJ&pg=PA2"><i>Greece, the Decade of War: Occupation, Resistance and Civil War</i></a>. I.B.Tauris. p. 2. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780857729361" title="Special:BookSources/9780857729361"><bdi>9780857729361</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Greece%2C+the+Decade+of+War%3A+Occupation%2C+Resistance+and+Civil+War&rft.pages=2&rft.pub=I.B.Tauris&rft.date=2016-02-28&rft.isbn=9780857729361&rft.aulast=Brewer&rft.aufirst=David&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DafS5CwAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AItalian+invasion+of+Albania" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Raphaël_Lemkin_2005._Pp._102-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Raphaël_Lemkin_2005._Pp._102_30-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Raphaël_Lemkin_2005._Pp._102_30-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Raphaël_Lemkin_2005._Pp._102_30-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Raphaël_Lemkin_2005._Pp._102_30-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Raphaël_Lemkin_2005._Pp._102_30-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Raphaël_Lemkin_2005._Pp._102_30-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Raphaël Lemkin. <i>Axis Rule in Occupied Europe</i>. Slark, New Jersey, US: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 2005. Pp. 102.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPearson2005" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol">Pearson, Owen (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=P3knunC7z_oC&q=agip&pg=PA433"><i>Albania in the Twentieth Century, A History</i></a>. Vol. II - Albania in Occupation and War, 1939–45. The Centre for Albanian Studies / I.B.Tauris. p. 433. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-184511104-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-184511104-5"><bdi>978-184511104-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Albania+in+the+Twentieth+Century%2C+A+History&rft.pages=433&rft.pub=The+Centre+for+Albanian+Studies+%2F+I.B.Tauris&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=978-184511104-5&rft.aulast=Pearson&rft.aufirst=Owen&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DP3knunC7z_oC%26q%3Dagip%26pg%3DPA433&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AItalian+invasion+of+Albania" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFischer_1999_(C._Hurst_ed.)189-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFischer_1999_(C._Hurst_ed.)189_32-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFischer_1999_(C._Hurst_ed.)">Fischer 1999 (C. Hurst ed.)</a>, p. 189.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFischer_1999_(C._Hurst_ed.)223-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFischer_1999_(C._Hurst_ed.)223_33-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFischer_1999_(C._Hurst_ed.)">Fischer 1999 (C. Hurst ed.)</a>, p. 223.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://countrystudies.us/albania/32.htm">Albania: A Country Study: The Communist and Nationalist Resistance</a> – Library of Congress.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Assouline62-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Assouline62_35-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Assouline62_35-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAssouline2009" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Pierre_Assouline" title="Pierre Assouline">Assouline, Pierre</a> (2009) [1996]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=YsyEMjvdYJgC&q=Albania"><i>Hergé, the Man Who Created Tintin</i></a>. Charles Ruas (translator). Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. p. 62. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-539759-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-539759-8"><bdi>978-0-19-539759-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Herg%C3%A9%2C+the+Man+Who+Created+Tintin&rft.place=Oxford+and+New+York&rft.pages=62&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-0-19-539759-8&rft.aulast=Assouline&rft.aufirst=Pierre&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DYsyEMjvdYJgC%26q%3DAlbania&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AItalian+invasion+of+Albania" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Italian_invasion_of_Albania&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFischer_1999_(Purdue_ed.)" class="citation book cs1">Fischer, Bernd J. (1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ANCuDwAAQBAJ"><i>Albania at War, 1939–1945</i></a>. Purdue University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-155753141-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-155753141-4"><bdi>978-155753141-4</bdi></a> – via Google Books.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Albania+at+War%2C+1939%E2%80%931945&rft.pub=Purdue+University+Press&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=978-155753141-4&rft.aulast=Fischer&rft.aufirst=Bernd+J.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DANCuDwAAQBAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AItalian+invasion+of+Albania" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFischer_1999_(C._Hurst_ed.)" class="citation book cs1">Fischer, Bernd J. (1999). <i>Albania at War, 1939–1945</i>. C. Hurst & Co Publishers. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-185065531-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-185065531-2"><bdi>978-185065531-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Albania+at+War%2C+1939%E2%80%931945&rft.pub=C.+Hurst+%26+Co+Publishers&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=978-185065531-2&rft.aulast=Fischer&rft.aufirst=Bernd+J.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AItalian+invasion+of+Albania" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/altoc.html">Library of Congress Country Study</a> of Albania</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Italian_invasion_of_Albania&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit 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title="Amantini">Amantini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balaites" title="Balaites">Balaites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bylliones" title="Bylliones">Bylliones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dassaretii" title="Dassaretii">Dassaretii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enchele" title="Enchele">Enchele</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labeatae" title="Labeatae">Labeatae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parthini" title="Parthini">Parthini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taulantii" title="Taulantii">Taulantii</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Albanian_principalities" title="Albanian principalities">Middle Ages</a><br />(1190–1385)<br /></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Arbanon" title="Principality of Arbanon">Principality of Arbanon</a></li> <li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/Arb%C3%ABni_Council" title="Arbëni Council">Arbëni Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamization_of_Albania" title="Islamization of Albania">Islamization of Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Pashaliks" title="Albanian Pashaliks">Albanian Pashaliks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Massacre_of_the_Albanian_Beys" title="Massacre of the Albanian Beys">Massacre of the Albanian Beys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_revolts_of_1833%E2%80%931839" title="Albanian revolts of 1833–1839">Revolts of 1833–1839</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uprising_of_Dervish_Cara" title="Uprising of Dervish Cara">Uprising of Dervish Cara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_National_Awakening" title="Albanian National Awakening">Albanian National Awakening</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/League_of_Prizren" title="League of Prizren">League of Prizren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congress_of_Manastir" title="Congress of Manastir">Congress of Manastir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_revolt_of_1910" title="Albanian revolt of 1910">Revolt of 1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malissori_uprising" title="Malissori uprising">Malissori uprising</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taksim_meeting" title="Taksim meeting">Taksim meeting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_revolt_of_1912" title="Albanian revolt of 1912">Revolt of 1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kimza_Government" title="Kimza Government">Kimza Government</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Albania" title="Independent Albania">Independence</a><br />(1912–present)<br /></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Declaration_of_Independence" title="Albanian Declaration of Independence">Declaration of Independence</a></li> <li><a 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War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Mirdita" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of Mirdita">Republic of Mirdita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Republic_(1925%E2%80%931928)" title="Albanian Republic (1925–1928)">Albanian Republic (1925–1928)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Kingdom_(1928%E2%80%931939)" title="Albanian Kingdom (1928–1939)">Albanian Kingdom (1928–1939)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_protectorate_of_Albania_(1939%E2%80%931943)" title="Italian protectorate of Albania (1939–1943)">Union with Italian kingdom</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Italian invasion of Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_occupation_of_Albania" title="German occupation of Albania">German Nazi occupation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Holocaust_in_Albania" title="The Holocaust in Albania">The Holocaust in Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_War_II_in_Albania" title="World War II in Albania">Albanian resistance during World War II</a></li> <li><a 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Origin_of_the_Albanians" title="Origin of the Albanians">Origins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Albanian_history" title="Timeline of Albanian history">Timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_archives_in_Albania" title="List of archives in Albania">Archives</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Albania" title="Albania"><img alt="Albania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Coat_of_arms_of_Albania.svg/50px-Coat_of_arms_of_Albania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Coat_of_arms_of_Albania.svg/75px-Coat_of_arms_of_Albania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Coat_of_arms_of_Albania.svg/100px-Coat_of_arms_of_Albania.svg.png 2x" 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href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Albania" title="List of rivers of Albania">Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lakes_of_Albania" title="List of lakes of Albania">Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Albania" title="List of islands of Albania">Islands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Environment_of_Albania" title="Environment of Albania">Environment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Albania" title="Climate of Albania">Climate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biodiversity_of_Albania" title="Biodiversity of Albania">Biodiversity</a></li> <li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" 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style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Executive</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Ministers_(Albania)" title="Council of Ministers (Albania)">Government</a> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Category:Government_agencies_of_Albania" title="Category:Government agencies of Albania">agencies</a>)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Albania" title="President of Albania">Head of state</a> <i>(<a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_Albania" title="List of heads of state of Albania">list</a>)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Albania" title="Prime Minister of Albania">Prime Minister</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Albania" title="Foreign relations of Albania">Foreign relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Albania" title="List of political parties in Albania">Political parties</a></li> <li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:Treaties_of_Albania" title="Category:Treaties of Albania">Treaties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Albania" title="Visa policy of Albania">Visa policy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Albania" title="Judiciary of Albania">Judiciary</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Vetting_Institutions" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Vetting Institutions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special_Appellate_College_(Albania)" title="Special Appellate College (Albania)">KPA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Institution_of_Public_Commissioners_(Albania)" title="Institution of Public Commissioners (Albania)">IKP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Monitoring_Operation_(Albania)" title="International Monitoring Operation (Albania)">ONM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Qualification_Commission_(Albania)" title="Independent Qualification Commission (Albania)">KPK</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Albania" title="Constitution of Albania">Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Albania" title="Corruption in Albania">Corruption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EURALIUS" title="EURALIUS">EURALIUS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SPAK" class="mw-redirect" title="SPAK">SPAK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prosecutor_General_(Albania)" title="Prosecutor General (Albania)">Prosecutor General</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Albania" title="Administrative divisions of Albania">Subdivisions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/NUTS_statistical_regions_of_Albania" title="NUTS statistical regions of Albania">NUTS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Albania" title="Counties of Albania">Counties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Albania" title="Municipalities of Albania">Municipalities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Albania" title="List of cities and towns in Albania">Cities and towns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communes_of_Albania" title="Communes of Albania">Communes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Villages_of_Albania" title="Villages of Albania">Villages</a></li> <li><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Maps_of_Albania" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Maps of Albania">Maps</a></li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Legislature</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Albania" title="Elections in Albania">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Albania" title="Parliament of Albania">Assembly</a> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Parliament_of_Albania" title="Speaker of the Parliament of Albania">speakers</a>)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Lists_of_members_of_the_Parliament_of_Albania" title="Category:Lists of members of the Parliament of Albania">Members</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Albania)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Albania)">Opposition</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Albania" title="Human rights in Albania">Human rights</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_Albania" title="Abortion in Albania">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Albania" title="Capital punishment in Albania">Capital punishment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_assassinations_in_Albania" title="List of assassinations in Albania">Assassinations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Albania" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Albania">LGBT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avokati_i_Popullit" title="Avokati i Popullit">Ombudsman</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Security</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Armed_Forces" title="Albanian Armed Forces">Military</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_Police_(Albania)" title="State Police (Albania)">Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_mafia" title="Albanian mafia">Organized crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prisons_in_Albania" title="Prisons in Albania">Prisons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Border_crossings_of_Albania" title="Border crossings of Albania">Border crossings</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Albania" title="Economy of Albania">Economy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Finance</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Banking_in_Albania" title="Banking in Albania">Banking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_lek" title="Albanian lek">Lek <span style="font-size:85%;">(currency)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taxation_in_Albania" title="Taxation in Albania">Taxation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trade_unions_in_Albania" title="Trade unions in Albania">Trade unions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_Supreme_Audit_(Albania)" title="State Supreme Audit (Albania)">State Supreme Audit</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Retail</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_shopping_malls_in_Albania" title="List of shopping malls in Albania">Shopping centers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_supermarket_chains_in_Albania" title="List of supermarket chains in Albania">Supermarkets</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Industry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_Albania" title="Agriculture in Albania">Agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Healthcare_in_Albania" title="Healthcare in Albania">Healthcare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_companies_of_Albania" title="List of companies of Albania">Companies</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_Albania" title="Renewable energy in Albania">Energy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Operators" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Operators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Power_Corporation" title="Albanian Power Corporation">KESH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transmission_System_Operator_(Albania)" title="Transmission System Operator (Albania)">OST</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operatori_i_Shp%C3%ABrndarjes_s%C3%AB_Energjis%C3%AB_Elektrike" title="Operatori i Shpërndarjes së Energjisë Elektrike">OSHEE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_Regulatory_Authority_(Albania)" title="Energy Regulatory Authority (Albania)">ERE</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_power_stations_in_Albania" title="List of power stations in Albania">Hydropower plants</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Natural resources</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_oil_and_gas_fields_in_Albania" title="List of oil and gas fields in Albania">Oil and gas</a></li> <li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:Mining_in_Albania" title="Category:Mining in Albania">Mining</a></li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Infrastructure</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Highways_in_Albania" title="Highways in Albania">Highways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_airports_in_Albania" title="List of airports in Albania">Aviation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ports_in_Albania" title="List of ports in Albania">Ports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Albania" title="Rail transport in Albania">Railways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_bridges_in_Albania" title="List of bridges in Albania">Bridges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_tunnels_in_Albania" title="List of tunnels in Albania">Tunnels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Albania" title="List of tallest buildings in Albania">Highrises</a> <i>(<a href="/wiki/List_of_tallest_structures_in_Albania" title="List of tallest structures in Albania">structures</a>)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telecommunications_in_Albania" title="Telecommunications in Albania">Telecommunications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Posta_Shqiptare" title="Posta Shqiptare">Posta Shqiptare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Squatting_in_Albania" title="Squatting in Albania">Squatting</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Albania" title="Tourism in Albania">Tourism</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Monuments" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;">Monuments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_archaeological_sites_in_Albania" title="List of archaeological sites in Albania">Archaeological sites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_castles_in_Albania" title="List of castles in Albania">Castles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mosques_in_Albania" title="List of mosques in Albania">Mosques</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_tekkes_in_Albania" title="List of tekkes in Albania">Tekkes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_churches_in_Albania" title="List of churches in Albania">Churches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lighthouses_in_Albania" title="List of lighthouses in Albania">Lighthouses</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Adriatic_Sea_Coast" title="Albanian Adriatic Sea Coast">Adriatic Sea Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Ionian_Sea_Coast" title="Albanian Ionian Sea Coast">Ionian Sea Coast</a> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Albanian_Riviera" title="Albanian Riviera">riviera</a>)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_beaches_in_Albania" title="List of beaches in Albania">Beaches</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:High-contrast-camera-photo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/High-contrast-camera-photo.svg/17px-High-contrast-camera-photo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/High-contrast-camera-photo.svg/26px-High-contrast-camera-photo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/High-contrast-camera-photo.svg/34px-High-contrast-camera-photo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></a></span> <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Photographs_of_Albania" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Photographs of Albania">Images of Albania</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Society_of_Albania" title="Category:Society of Albania">Society</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Albanians" title="Albanians">People</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Albania" title="Demographics of Albania">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Census_in_Albania" title="Census in Albania">Census</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_tribes" title="Albanian tribes">Tribes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_nobility" title="Albanian nobility">Noble families</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_diaspora" title="Albanian diaspora">Diaspora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Albania" title="Women in Albania">Women</a></li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Albanian_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Albanian culture">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Albanian_art" title="Albanian art">Art</a> <small><a href="/wiki/List_of_art_galleries_in_Albania" title="List of art galleries in Albania">(galleries)</a></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Architecture_of_Albania" title="Architecture of Albania">Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Photography_in_Albania" title="Photography in Albania">Photography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_museums_in_Albania" title="List of museums in Albania">Museums</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_theatres_in_Albania" title="List of theatres in Albania">Theatres</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.3em;padding-right:0.3em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Albania" title="Education in Albania">Education</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_alphabet" title="Albanian alphabet">Alphabet</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Category:Albanian_scripts" title="Category:Albanian scripts">scripts</a></small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abetare" title="Abetare">Abetare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_language" title="Albanian language">Language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_literature" title="Albanian literature">Literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Research_institutes_in_Albania" title="Category:Research institutes in Albania">Research institutes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_libraries_in_Albania" title="List of libraries in Albania">Libraries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_universities_in_Albania" title="List of universities in Albania">Universities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_publishing_companies_of_Albania" title="List of publishing companies of Albania">Publishers</a></li> <li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Wikiquote page"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikiquote-logo.svg/13px-Wikiquote-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikiquote-logo.svg/20px-Wikiquote-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikiquote-logo.svg/27px-Wikiquote-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="355" 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