Video Summary
Video Summary
Maximum Extent
Maximum Extent (Interactive Map)

Data

Name: Albania (Austra-Hungary and Bulgaria Protectorate)

Type: Polity

Start: 1917 AD

End: 1918 AD

Nation: albania

Parent:

austria,bulgaria

Statistics

All Statistics: All Statistics

Icon Albania (Austra-Hungary and Bulgaria Protectorate)

This article is about the specific polity Albania (Austra-Hungary and Bulgaria Protectorate) and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

If you are looking for the page with the statistics about this polity you can find it here:All Statistics

The Austro-Hungarian and Bulgarian occupation of Albania during World War I.

Establishment


  • January 1917: Austria-Hungary used the French precedent in Korçë to justify the proclamation of the independence of Albania under its protectorate on January 3, 1917 in Shkodër.
  • April 1917: Between March and May 1917 a series of operations by the French army involved the area between Lake Ohrid and Lake Prespa, on the border between Albania and Macedonia.
  • June 1917: The ground recently gained by the French was largely lost in counter-attacks by the Bulgarian-German forces.
  • June 1917: On 3 June 1917, General Ferrero proclaimed the establishment of an Italian protectorate of Albania in Gjirokastra.
  • September 1917: French troops captured Pogradec from the Bulgarian army.
  • Chronology


    Interactive Chronologies with maps are available in the section Changes Navigation

    1. World War I


    Was a global conflict between two coalitions, the Allies (primarily France, the United Kingdom, Russia, Italy, Japan, and the United States) and the Central Powers (led by Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire). It was mainly caused by the competition of the western countries over domain in Europe and in the rest of the world with their colonial empires. The war ended with the defeat of the Central Powers. The war also caused the Russian Revolution and the ensuing Russian Civil War.

    1.1.World War I Balkan Theatre

    Was the theatre of war in the Balkan Peninsula during World War I.

    1.1.1.Albania during World War I

    Albanian theatre of World War I.


    1.1.1.1.Collapse of Albania

    Invasion of Albania by the central powers during World War I.


    1.1.2.Liberation of the Balkan States

    Was the liberation of the Balkan states from the Central Powers during World War I.

  • October 1918: The Italian 16th Army corps (CSIO) and the French 57th division advanced northward, liberating Berat on 1 October.
  • October 1918: From the east the French 11th Colonial Division, 30th Division, Italian 35th Division and Greek 3rd and 4th Divisions entered Albania, liberating Elbasan on 8 October.
  • October 1918: Durrës conquered by Principality of Albania.
  • October 1918: Shkodër conquered by Principality of Albania.
  • November 1918: Austro-Hungarian forces in Albania surrendered.

  • Disestablishment


  • October 1918: The Italian 16th Army corps (CSIO) and the French 57th division advanced northward, liberating Berat on 1 October.
  • October 1918: From the east the French 11th Colonial Division, 30th Division, Italian 35th Division and Greek 3rd and 4th Divisions entered Albania, liberating Elbasan on 8 October.
  • October 1918: Durrës conquered by Principality of Albania.
  • October 1918: Shkodër conquered by Principality of Albania.
  • November 1918: Austro-Hungarian forces in Albania surrendered.
  • All Phersu Atlas Regions

    Africa

    Americas

    Asia

    Europe

    Oceania