Italian invasion of Albania information

Italian invasion of Albania
	Part of the interwar period
	; Italian forces in Albania.
Date	April 7–12, 1939; (5 days)
Location	Albanian Kingdom
Result	Italian victory
Territorial; changes	Albania becomes an Italian protectorate
Belligerents
Italy	Albania
Commanders and leaders
Benito Mussolini; Alfredo Guzzoni; Giovanni Messe	Zog I; Xhemal Aranitasi; Abaz Kupi; Mujo Ulqinaku †
Strength
40,000 soldiers; 400 aircraft; 2 battleships; 3 heavy cruisers; 3 light cruisers; 9 destroyers; 14 torpedo boats; 1 minelayer; 10 auxiliary ships; 9 transport ships	8,000 soldiers; 5 aircraft; 3 torpedo boats
Casualties and losses
Possibly 700 dead (according to Fischer); 12–25 dead (Italian claim); 97 wounded	Likely more than 700 dead (according to Fischer); 160 dead and several hundreds wounded (according to Pearson); 5 aircraft; 3 torpedo boats

The Italian invasion of Albania was a brief military campaign which was launched by the Kingdom of Italy against the Albanian Kingdom in 1939. The conflict was a result of the imperialistic policies of the Italian prime minister and dictator Benito Mussolini. Albania was rapidly overrun, its ruler King Zog I went into exile in neighboring Greece, and the country was made a part of the Italian Empire as a protectorate in personal union with the Italian Crown.

^ "HALL OF THE ANTI-FACHIST NATIONAL LIBERATION WAR – Muzeu Historik Kombëtar" (in Albanian). Retrieved 2022-12-24.
^ Fischer 1999 (Purdue ed.), p. 21.
^ Fischer 1999 (Purdue ed.), p. 22.
^ ^a ^b Fischer 1999, p. 22:Reports on the number of casualties differed rather significantly. The townspeople of Durrës maintained that the Italians lost four hundred. Although Italian propaganda claimed that Italy only lost twelve men in the entire invasion, it is possible that approximately two hundred Italians were killed in Durrës alone and as many as seven hundred Italians may have been killed in total.
^ ^a ^b ^c Pearson 2004, p. 445.
^ Fischer, Bernd J. (1999a). Albania at war, 1939-1945. West Lafayette, Ind.: Purdue University Press. p. 22. ISBN 9781557531414. Albanian casualties may have been higher.

[1] "HALL OF THE ANTI-FACHIST NATIONAL LIBERATION WAR – Muzeu Historik Kombëtar" (in Albanian). Retrieved 2022-12-24.

[FOOTNOTEFischer_1999_(Purdue_ed.)21-2] Fischer 1999 (Purdue ed.), p. 21.

[FOOTNOTEFischer_1999_(Purdue_ed.)22-3] Fischer 1999 (Purdue ed.), p. 22.

[Fischer22-4] Fischer 1999, p. 22:Reports on the number of casualties differed rather significantly. The townspeople of Durrës maintained that the Italians lost four hundred. Although Italian propaganda claimed that Italy only lost twelve men in the entire invasion, it is possible that approximately two hundred Italians were killed in Durrës alone and as many as seven hundred Italians may have been killed in total.

[FOOTNOTEPearson2004445-5] Pearson 2004, p. 445.

[Fischer-6] Fischer, Bernd J. (1999a). Albania at war, 1939-1945. West Lafayette, Ind.: Purdue University Press. p. 22. ISBN 9781557531414. Albanian casualties may have been higher.

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