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Skanderbeg's rebellion was an almost 25-year long anti-Ottoman rebellion led by the Albanian military commander Skanderbeg in what is today Albania and its neighboring countries. It was a rare successful instance of resistance by Christians during the 15th century and through his leadership led Albanians in guerrilla warfare against the ...
1997 Albanian civil unrest; Albanian-Epirote War (1367–70) Albanian-Epirote War (1374–1375) Albanian-Epirote War (1381–84) Albanian-Epirote War of 1385; Albanian–Ottoman Wars (1432–1479) Albanian–Venetian War; Albanian–Yugoslav border war (1921) Austro-Hungarian invasion of Albania
During World War I, the Visoki Dečani monastery's treasures were plundered by the Austro-Hungarian Army, which occupied Serbia between 1915 and 1918. [13]Following the invasion of Yugoslavia (6–18 April 1941) in World War II, the largest part of Kosovo was attached to Italian occupied Albania in an enlarged "Greater Albania". [14]
In WWII, western and central Kosovo became part of Albania and Kosovo Albanians enacted brutal reprisals against the colonists. [77] During the Italian occupation of Albania in WWII, between 70,000 and 100,000 Serbs were expelled and thousands massacred in annexed Kosovo by Albanian paramilitaries, mainly by the Vulnetari and Balli Kombëtar ...
Leading up to the Kosovo War, the contemporary Kosovo Albanian political mythology clashed with the Kosovo Myth. [dubious – discuss] [146] During the Yugoslav wars, the Kosovo myth was prevalent, with new war commanders and politicians being compared to heroes from the battle of Kosovo, some of which were later suspected of war crimes. [147]
Yugoslav colonization of Kosovo, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia's program to alter the ethnic composition of Kosovo; Massacres of Albanians in the Balkan Wars, the massacres and expulsions of Albanians by the Kingdoms of Serbia and Montenegro from 1912 to 1913; Kosovo during World War II, the deportation and killings of mostly Serbs and Montenegrins ...
The Ottomans first entered Albania in 1385 upon the invitation of the Albanian noble Karl Thopia to suppress the forces of the noble Balša II during the Battle of Savra. They had some previous influence in some Albanian regions after the battle of Savra in 1385 but not direct control.
Lazar's Christian coalition also included Albanians, Croatians, Hungarians and Bulgarians. [23] [24] [25] Teodor II Muzaka, Dhimitër Jonima and other Albanian lords and aristocrats participated in the battle on the side of the Christian coalition, bringing a large band of Albanians to join Lazar's army.