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Brief military campaign against
the Albanian Kingdom as a result
of Mussolini's imperialist policy
-Mineral resources
-Entry to Adriatic Sea
-Seized by Italy in WWI, although they were forced out in the Battle of Vlora in 1920
-Mussolini wanted to compensate for the previous failure
Italy entered the Albanian economy in 1925, when Albania permitted them to use their mineral resources
Italy subsidized the government and economy, trained the military, and encouraged colonisation
King Zog I would not capitulate
He refused to renew the treaties in 1931
Rome delivered an ultimatum in late March of 1939 which Tirana did not accept
With a force of 100,000 men and 600 airplanes against Albania's badly trained 15,000 Italy simultaneously attacked all port cities on April 7th, 1939.
King Zog planned to attack from the mountains, but Italian spies disabled the artillery units
All the ports were taken by Italy
in a matter of hours, although
small groups of Albanian troops
kept fighting
King Zog and his family fled
on the first day of fighting
Italian troops captured the capital on the 8th
The Albanian Parliament voted to depose Zog
and gave the crown to Victor Emmanuel III
Albania immediately withdrew
from the League of Nations
Followed Italy in to war in 1940
Served as the base of the Italian
invasion of Greece in 1940
Italy was feeling pressure from Germany, which had already annexed Austria and was moving against Czechoslovakia
First Treaty of Tirana - 1926
Second Treaty of Tirana - 1927
Defensive Alliance
Anti-Italian sentiment was growing in Albania