List of wars involving Albania
This is a list of wars that Albanian states and Albanian forces have been involved in.
- Albanian victory
- Albanian defeat
- Another result (e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum, result of civil war or internal conflict, result unknown, mixed results, stalemate, ceasefire or indecisive)
- Ongoing conflict
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Medieval Albania: Principality of Arbanon to the Fall of Shkodër (1190–1479)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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Thopia Uprising against the Anjou (1358–1368) |
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Victory
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Albanian-Epirote War of 1359 (1359) |
Albanian Losha Family and Shpata Family | Despotate of Epirus | Victory
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First Albanian Siege of Ioannina (1367–1370) |
Albanian Losha Family | Despotate of Epirus in Ioannina | Ceasefire
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Invasions of Ioannina by Gjin Bua Shpata (1375-1379) |
Despotate of Arta | Despotate of Epirus in Ioannina | Defeat
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Invasions of the Despotate of Arta (1381–1384) (1381–1384) |
Despotate of Arta | Despotate of Epirus in Ioannina ![]() |
Defeat
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Zetan invasion of the Princedom of Albania (1382) |
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Zetan Victory
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Battle of Ioannina (1385)[2] (Early 1385) |
Despotate of Arta | Despotate of Epirus | Defeat
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Battle of Savra (September 1385) |
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Defeat
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First Zenebishi Uprising against the Ottomans (1385–1386) |
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Victory
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Albanian-Epirote War of 1389–90[3] (1389–1390) |
Despotate of Arta (all four battles) Aromanian Malakasi Tribe (second battle) |
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Defeat
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Venetian Invasion of the Princedom of Albania (1392) |
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Defeat
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Battle of Krujë (1392) (1392) |
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Niketa Thopia Victory
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First Epirote Invasion of the Principality of Gjirokastër (April 1399–July 1400) |
Albanian Zenebishi Family | Despotate of Epirus Pro-Epirote Albanian Clans |
Victory
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Vonko–Shpata War (November 1400–Late 1401) |
Despotate of Arta | Vonko's Forces | Victory
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Epirote Invasion of the Despotate of Arta (1401–1408)[4] (Late 1401–1408) |
1401–1403: Despotate of Arta supported by Sgouros Shpata and Maurice Shpata 1403–1407:
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Sgouros and Paul are defeated, Maurice is victorious
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Battle of Ankara (July 1402) |
Timurid Empire | ![]() Albanian Zaharia family Albanian Jonima family Principality of Dukagjini ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Defeat
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Battle of Krujë (1403) (1403) |
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Niketa Thopia Victory
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First Scutari War (Early 1405–January 1413) |
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Mixed results
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Thopia-Muzaka Conflict (Late 1411) |
Albanian Thopia family | Albanian Muzaka family | Muzaka Victory
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Albanian Invasion of Epirus (1412) (1412) |
Albanian Zenebishi Family
Albanian Shpata Family |
Despotate of Epirus Greeks of Ioannina |
Victory
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First Ottoman Invasion of the Principality of Gjirokastër (1414) |
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Defeat
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Second Zenebishi Uprising against the Ottomans (1416) |
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Victory
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Epirote Invasion of the Despotate of Arta (1416) (October 1416) |
Despotate of Arta | Despotate of Epirus | Defeat
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Second Ottoman Invasion of the Principality of Gjirokastër (1418) |
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Defeat
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Albanian Revolt of 1432–36 (1432–36) |
Albanian rebels
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Mixed results
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Muzaka Revolt in Berat (1437–1438) |
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Defeat
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Ottoman-Albanian Wars of 1443 to 1479 (1443–1479) |
1443–1444:
1444–1446: 1446–1450 1450–1451 1451–1454:
1454–1456:
1456–1468
1468–1478
1478–1479
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1443–1444 1444–1446 1446–1450: 1450–1451 1451–1454: 1454–1456: 1456–1468 1468–1478 1478–1479 |
Ottoman conquest of Albania halted until 1479
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Albanian–Venetian War (December 1447–October 1448) |
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Victory
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Ottoman Albania and the Albanian National Awakening (1479–1912)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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Albanian Uprisings of 1481–1484 (June 1481–1484) |
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Mixed results
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Crnojević-Kastrioti Invasion of Zeta (June 1481) |
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Victory
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Albanian Uprising of 1501 (1501) |
Albanian rebels Dukagjini Family |
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Defeat
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Seven-fold barjak Uprising (1658) |
"Seven-fold barjak" Alliance:
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Unknown |
Medun Uprising (1688) |
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Victory
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Hoti-Kuči Uprising of 1694 (1694) |
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Shkodran Invasion of Ulcinj (1772) |
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Unknown |
War in Brda (1773) (September 1773) |
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Brda Tribes:
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Bushati Defeat
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Shkodran Invasion of Montenegro (1785) (1785) |
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Victory
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Shkodran Invasion of Montenegro (1796) (Early 1796–September 1796) |
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Defeat
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Muhammad Ali's seizure of power (March 1803 – March 1811) |
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Souliote War (1803) (September–December 1803) |
Souliote Confederacy | Albanian Muslims loyal to Ali Pasha | Muslim Victory
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Battle of Karpenisi (August 1823) |
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Greek Victory[9] |
Ottoman-Bushati War (March – November 1831) |
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Defeat
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Albanian Revolt of 1833 in Kolonjë (January 1833)[16] |
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Victory
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Albanian Revolt of 1833 in Shkodër (April–December 1833) |
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Victory
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Albanian Revolt of 1833 in Southern Albania (July–September 1833) |
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Victory
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Albanian Revolt of 1834 (November 1834– January 1835) |
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Victory
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Albanian Revolt of 1835 in South Albania (January–May 1835) |
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Defeat
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Albanian Revolt of 1835 in Myzeqe (May 1835) |
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Defeat
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Albanian Revolt of 1835 in North Albania (May–September 1835) |
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Victory
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Albanian Revolt of 1836 in South Albania (June–August 1836) |
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Mixed results
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Albanian Revolt of 1837 in Mat (January–February 1837)[16] |
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Mixed results
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Albanian Revolt of 1837 in Myzeqe (June–August 1837) |
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Defeat
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Albanian Revolt of 1837 in North Albania (June–August 1837)[16] |
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Defeat |
Albanian Revolt of 1837 in Dibër (September–November 1837)[16] |
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Victory
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Albanian Revolt of 1839 in South Albania (August–September 1839) |
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Victory
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Albanian Revolt of 1839 in Prizren (September 1839)[16] |
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Victory
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Uprising of Dervish Cara (July 1843–June 1844) |
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Defeat
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Albanian Revolt of 1843–44 in Dibër (July 1843–November 1844) |
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Mixed results
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Albanian Revolt of 1845 (May–July 1845) |
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Rebel Defeat
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Albanian Revolt of 1847 (July–December 1847) |
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Defeat
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Montenegrin Civil War of 1847[17][18][19] | Brda Tribes
Crmnica Tribes |
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Defeat
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Albanian Revolt of 1862 (1862) |
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Defeat |
Battles for Plav and Gusinje (1878–1880) | ![]() Support: ![]() |
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Victory
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League of Prizren Secessionist War (1880–1881) |
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Defeat
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Albanian Revolt of 1909 (1909) |
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Defeat
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Albanian Revolt of 1910 (May–June 1910) |
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Defeat
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Albanian Revolt of 1911 (1911) |
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Peace is negotiated
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Albanian Revolt of 1912 (1912) |
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Victory
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Independence to the end of the First World War (1912–1918)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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Serbian invasion of Albania during the First Balkan War (1912–1913) |
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Serbian Victory
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Battle of Lumë (1912) |
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Victory
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Siege of Shkodër (1912–1913) |
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Status quo ante bellum
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Greek invasion of Albania and Epirus during the First Balkan War (1912–1913) | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Greek victory
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Ohrid-Debar Uprising (September–October 1913) |
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Defeat
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First Northern Epirote Uprising (March–May 1914) |
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Ceasefire
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First Peasant Revolt in Albania (May–August 1914) |
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Muslim Albanian victory
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Second Peasant Revolt in Albania (September 1914) |
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Muslim Albanian victory
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Second Northern Epirote Uprising (September–October 1914) |
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Defeat
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Third Peasant Revolt in Albania (September–October 1914) |
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Republic of Central Albania Victory
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Fourth Peasant Revolt in Albania (November 1914) |
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Republic of Central Albania Victory
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Italian invasion of Vlorë (December 1914) |
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Defeat
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Serbian army's retreat through Albania (October 1915–January 1916) |
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Victory
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Austro-Hungarian Invasion of Albania (January 1916–April 1916) |
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Austro-Hungarian Victory |
Central Power invasion and occupation of Albania (December 1915 |
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Interwar Period (1918–1939)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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Uprising of Dukagjini (1919) |
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Vlora War (1920) |
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Victory |
Albanian Revolt of 1922 (1922) |
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Albanian Principality Victory
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Kachak Invasion of Albania (1923) |
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Albanian Principality Victory
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June Revolution (1924) |
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Noli Victory
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Drenica-Junik Uprising (1924) |
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Kachak Defeat
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Yugoslav Invasion of Albania (1924) |
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Yugoslav-Zogu Victory
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Italian invasion of Albania (1939) |
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Defeat |
Second World War and Cold War (1939–1991)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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Greco-Italian War (1940–1941) |
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Stalemate
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Albanian Resistance of World War II (1939–1944) |
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Albanian Communist Victory
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Corfu Channel incident (1946–1948) |
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World Court case in 1949
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Greek Civil War (1946–1949) |
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Mixed results
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Post Cold War era (1991–)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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Pyramid Crisis (1997) |
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Government victory
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Kosovo War - Albania–Yugoslav border incident (1999) |
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KLA/Albanian Victory
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Early in 1385 John Spata attacked Ioannina but soon withdrew when he saw he could not crack the defenses created by Esau.
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Early in 1385 John Spata attacked Jannina but soon withdrew when he saw he could not crack the defenses created by Esau.
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Carlo brought his forces south; the people of Arta submitted to him, and he entered the town in October 1416..
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Markos Botsaris' band of 450 Greek rebels made a night attack on an Ottoman Army of 13,000 men encamped near Karpenisi.TheGreeks inflicted1000 casualtiesalmostwithout loss, but retreated...
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As a result of these skirmishes, the Albanians were obliged to seek refuge in Karpenisi.
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Markos Botsaris, a Souliot, participated in battles in western Greece... On the night of August 21, 1823, he led the attack on Karpenisi in central Greece by 350 Souliots, against around 1,000 Ottoman troops.
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Ali Pasha reached the bounadaries of the Souliots.
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In Albanian Marko Bocari (1788-1823). Member of a prominent Souliot Orthodox family. Exiled from his native Epirus in 1803, he joined Ali Pasha in 1820 and later he took part in the Greek War of Independence. He died in the battle of Karpenisi.
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A Turkish force of four thousand men was surprised one summer night in 1823 by Markos Botsaris, one of the ablest champions of Greek independence, and three hundred and fifty Souliots.
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...an Ottoman force of 10,000 Albanian mercenaries led by Mustai Pasha was routed by Markos Botsaris, who was killed in the Battle of Karpenisi (21 August 1823).
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The position of the Greek government during this revolution in Northern Epirus was one of strict neutrality
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