Italian invasion of Albania

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event in 1939 military campaign military invasion

The Italian invasion of Albania was a 1939 military campaign in which Fascist Italy swiftly occupied and annexed Albania, marking a key step in Mussolini’s expansionist ambitions on the eve of World War II.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Italian occupation of Albania 5
Invasion of Albania 1
Italian invasion of Albania (1939) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf event in 1939 ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
military invasion ⓘ
aggressor Fascist Italy ⓘ
Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
aim control of the Adriatic Sea ⓘ
expansion of Italian influence in the Balkans ⓘ
belligerent Kingdom of Albania ⓘ
Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
capitalCaptured Tirana ⓘ
casusBelli Italian demands for a protectorate over Albania ⓘ
characteristic limited Albanian resistance ⓘ
swift occupation ⓘ
commander Benito Mussolini ⓘ
General Alfredo Guzzoni ⓘ
King of the Albanians ⓘ
surface form: King Zog I of Albania
country Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
dateOfTiranaOccupation 1939-04-08 ⓘ
endDate 1939-04-12 ⓘ
followedBy Italian invasion of France ⓘ
Italian invasion of Greece ⓘ
historicalContext eve of World War II ⓘ
ideology Italian fascism ⓘ
installedMonarch Victor Emmanuel III of Italy ⓘ
surface form: Victor Emmanuel III
keyLandingSite Durrës ⓘ
Saranda ⓘ
Shëngjin ⓘ
Vlora ⓘ
location Albania ⓘ
militaryBranchInvolved Regia Aeronautica ⓘ
Italian Navy ⓘ
surface form: Regia Marina

Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ
surface form: Regio Esercito
occupyingPower Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
opponentForce Royal Albanian Army ⓘ
partOf Italian expansionism under Mussolini ⓘ
interwar period conflicts ⓘ
politicalOutcome establishment of an Italian-controlled Albanian monarchy ⓘ
exile of King Zog I ⓘ
precededBy Second Italo-Ethiopian War ⓘ
surface form: Italian conquest of Ethiopia
relatedEvent Italian invasion of Albania self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Italian occupation of Albania

Balkan theatre of World War II ⓘ
surface form: World War II in Albania
result Italian invasion of Albania self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Italian occupation of Albania

Italian victory ⓘ
annexation of Albania by Italy ⓘ
startDate 1939-04-07 ⓘ
target Kingdom of Albania ⓘ
timePeriod April 1939 ⓘ
treatyOrLaw personal union between Italy and Albania under Victor Emmanuel III ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) → conflict → Italian invasion of Albania ⓘ
Royal Albanian Army → conflict → Italian invasion of Albania ⓘ
Royal Albanian Army → engagement → Italian invasion of Albania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian invasion of Albania (1939)
Kingdom of Albania → event → Italian invasion of Albania ⓘ
Royal Albanian Army → facedEvent → Italian invasion of Albania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian occupation of Albania
Interwar period → hasPart → Italian invasion of Albania ⓘ
Rome–Berlin Axis → influencedEvent → Italian invasion of Albania ⓘ
King of the Albanians → officeAbolishedInContextOf → Italian invasion of Albania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian occupation of Albania
General Alfredo Guzzoni → participatedIn → Italian invasion of Albania ⓘ
subject surface form: Alfredo Guzzoni
Fascist Italy → participatedIn → Italian invasion of Albania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Invasion of Albania
Italian invasion of Greece → precededBy → Italian invasion of Albania ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian occupation of Albania
Italian invasion of Albania → relatedEvent → Italian invasion of Albania self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian occupation of Albania
Italian invasion of Albania → result → Italian invasion of Albania self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian occupation of Albania
Albanian resistance → significantEvent → Italian invasion of Albania ⓘ