Autonomous Albanian Republic of Korçë

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Was a proctorate created in the territories occupied by France in Albania during World War I.

Establishment

December 1916: Descoins proclaimed the establishment of an Albanian Republic of Korçë under a protectorate of France.

Chronology

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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.

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.

1.1.1.1.Collapse of Albania

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

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.

February 1918: On February 16, 1918, the new French commander of the Korçë sector, General Salle, formally abolished the previous autonomous statute of the republic proclaimed on December 10, 1916, bringing the area back under the strict control of the French military authorities.