Italian Invasion of Albania (apr 7, 1939 – apr 12, 1939)

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Was a brief military campaign by the Kingdom of Italy against the Albanian Kingdom. A result of the imperialist policies of Benito Mussolini. Albania was rapidly overrun, its ruler- King Zog I, forced into exile in neighbouring Greece, and the country made part of the Italian Empire as a protectorate in personal union with the Italian Crown.
On April 12, the Albanian parliament voted to depose Zog and unite the nation with Italy "in personal union" by offering the Albanian crown to Italy's King Victor Emmanuel III. general the Italian invasion was poorly planned, badly executed and succeeded only because Albanian resistance was worse.

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