Italian invasion of Albania (Dawn of War Map Game)

The Italian invasion of Albania was a conflict between Yugoslavia and Albania vs Italy. It started when Italy began an invasion of Abania in Augest 1958, at first the Italians was sucesful. However, within a week Yugoslavia sent 400,000 men to defeat the invasion. This conflict was part of World War III. This war caused Yugoslvia being dragged into the 3rd World War.

Background
In 1957 World War III broke out between the Soviet Union and his allies vs USA and there allies. At that time Italy was part of American allies and Yugoslavia and Albania was part of Russian allies and they all aided there leader. For years Yugoslavia had been trying to annex Albania and that meany that they were close in Albainian affairs.

Historians call that the Italian invasion of Albania was about increasing Italies power in the Balkans or stoping

The first weeks
On the 1st Augest 1958 Italian forces landed on the coast of Albania, with Albania not expecting it the coast wasn't protected and it easily fell under Italian control. With the invasion being so sudden, Albania didnt get help from any communist nations. Within a few weeks Italy was here to stay in Albania.

Yugoslavian intervention
When Tito first heard the news of the Italian invasion of Albania, it was a few weeks into the invasion. He demanded that 400,000 troops would march over the Yugoslavian-Albainian border to help there ally. Tito also invited other communist nations to help Albania. He also began blocking the way for any Italian ships coming to aid the invasion.

End of Augest-1959
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