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In World War I, Albania had been an independent state, having gained independence from the Ottoman Empire on 28 November 1912, during the First Balkan War. It was recognised by the Great Powers as the Principality of Albania, after Turkey officially renounced all its rights in May 1913. [1]
Albanian soldiers during the Vlora war,1920. After World War I, Albania was still under the occupation of Serbian and Italian forces. It was a rebellion of the respective populations of Northern and Southern Albania that pushed back the Serbs and Italians behind the recognized borders of Albania.
Medieval Albania (968–1479) Ottoman Albania (1479–1912) Albanian Independence to the end of the First World War (1912–1918) Interwar Period (1918–1939) World War II and Cold War period (1939–1991) Post Cold War (1991–present) References. Citations. Bibliography.
The massacres of Albanians in World War I were a series of war crimes committed by Serbian, Montenegrin, Greek and Bulgarian troops against the Albanian civil population of Albania, Macedonia and Kosovo during and immediately before the Great War. These atrocities followed the previous massacres committed during the Balkan Wars.
See also: Albania under Italy, Albania under Nazi Germany, Albanian resistance during World War II: Zog fled with his wife, Queen Géraldine Apponyi de Nagyappony, and their infant son Leka, to Greece. April 8: Italian troops occupied Tirana. April 12: A constituent assembly summoned in Tirana by pro-Italian notables approved a personal union ...
Liberation of Serbia, Albania and Montenegro (1918) The Liberation of Serbia, Albania and Montenegro was a military action in the Balkans in the final weeks of World War I. Between 29 September and 11 November 1918, the Allied Army of the Orient liberated these three countries from occupation by the Central Powers .
In autumn 1918, it was enlarged to encompass the former Austro-Hungarian area. The Italian protectorate over Albania was established by the Kingdom of Italy during World War I in an effort to secure a de jure independent Albania under Italian control. It existed from 23 June 1917 until the summer of 1920.
The Balkans theatre or Balkan campaign was a theatre of World War I fought between the Central Powers ( Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Germany and the Ottoman Empire) and the Allies ( Serbia, Montenegro, France, the United Kingdom, Russia, Italy, and later, Greece ). The offensive began in 1914 with three failed Austro-Hungarian offensives into Serbia.