The Western Acknowledgment of the Invasion of Albania by the Italians (1939) (Backed Up by the British Archives)

Abstract

The Albanian Kingdom in the years 1930, being the newest state since the Ottoman empire invasion, began to strengthen its institutional structures and it began to establish political transparency under King Zog. After two wars in the Ballkans, this country became independent inspite of all the difficulties and the lack of help from the sorrounding countries. The new countries in the Ballkan came from a background of dependency from the Ottoman Empire therefore they chose to remain integrated towards the Higher Power instead of claiming their independency.1 This means that the Higher Power which are the countries with the strong political influence began to control and lead these South Eastern European countries. France, Italy and Great Britain played the main part in this. France, which strongly backed the Serbo-Croat empire (future Yougoslavia) had the most influential politics after the first world war. On the other hand, Italy was more interested in Albania and the reason being that they could fulfill their future plans of expansion towards the east together with the ownership of the Adriatic Sea.

DOI: 10.5901/ajis.2014.v3n6p275