Albanian front

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The Albanian front was the mountainous Balkan theater of World War II where Italian and later German forces clashed with Greek and Allied troops during the Greco-Italian War.

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Albanian front canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military front
theater of war
belligerent Allied forces
Axis powers
Kingdom of Greece
Kingdom of Italy
Nazi Germany
conflict World War II
countryInvolved Commonwealth nations
Germany
Greece
Italy
United Kingdom
locatedIn Albania
Balkans
notableFeature difficult mountain logistics
harsh winter conditions
partOf Balkan theatre of World War II
surface form: Balkan theater of World War II
partOfConflict Italian invasion of Greece
surface form: Greco-Italian War
relatedEvent German invasion of Greece
Italian invasion of Greece
result Italian offensive repulsed by Greek forces
subsequent German intervention in Balkans
startTime 1940-10-28
strategicImportance access to Greece
control of Balkans
terrainType mountainous
timePeriod early 1940s
usedBy Wehrmacht
surface form: German Wehrmacht

Greek Army
surface form: Hellenic Army

Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy)
surface form: Italian Army

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Italian invasion of Greece front Albanian front
Italian invasion of Yugoslavia front Albanian front