Royal Albanian Army

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military organization national army

The Royal Albanian Army was the national military force of the Kingdom of Albania, active primarily in the interwar period and notably overwhelmed during Italy’s 1939 invasion.

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Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military organization → national army →
activeDuring	interwar period →
allegiance	King Zog I of Albania →
associatedWithRegime	Zogist regime →
branchOf	Royal Albanian Armed Forces →
commanderInChief	Zog I of Albania →
conflict	Italian invasion of Albania →
controlledBy	Ministry of War of the Kingdom of Albania →
country	Kingdom of Albania →
dateDefeated	1939 →
disestablishedAsResultOf	Italian invasion of Albania NERFINISHED →
dissolvedIn	1939 →
engagement	Italian invasion of Albania (1939) →
existedBeforeEvent	World War II →
facedEvent	Italian occupation of Albania →
followedBy	Albanian partisan forces → People's Army of Albania →
garrisonLocation	Tirana →
governmentForm	constitutional monarchy →
headquarters	Tirana →
historicalEra	interwar Europe →
historicalStatus	predecessor of communist-era Albanian armed forces →
languageOfCommand	Albanian →
notableCharacteristic	limited mobilization capacity → under-equipped compared to neighboring armies →
operatedIn	Albania →
opponent	Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED → Royal Italian Army NERFINISHED →
partOf	Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Albania →
precededBy	Albanian irregular forces →
primaryFunction	protection of Albanian sovereignty →
region	Balkans NERFINISHED →
role	land warfare → national defense →
status	defunct →
symbolOf	Albanian monarchy →
timePeriod	20th century →
type	army →
usedBy	Kingdom of Albania →
wasOverwhelmedBy	Royal Italian Army in 1939 →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Royal Albanian Army ("Royal Albanian Armed Forces") →	branchOf
Italian invasion of Albania →	opponentForce
Royal Albanian Army ("Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Albania") →	partOf