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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
Medieval Albania: Principality of Arbanon to the Fall of Shkodër (1190–1479)
| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria (968–1018) | Bulgarian Empire Kievan Rus' (970–971) Pechenegs |
Byzantine Empire *Arianiti family[1] Kievan Rus' (968–969) Kingdom of Hungary Principality of Duklja Kingdom of Croatia |
Byzantine victory
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| Rebellion of Arbanon (1257–59) | Empire of Nicaea | Ceasefire
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| Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 | Regents: Allies: Zealots of Thessalonica Principality of Karvuna |
Allies: Beylik of Saruhan Topia Principality Principality of Muzaka |
Mixed Results
|
| Albanian Resistance against the Serbian Empire (1336-1371) |
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Eventual Albanian victory
| |
| Thopia Uprising against the Anjou (1358–68) | Victory
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| Albanian-Epirote War of 1359 (1359) | Albanian Losha Family and Shpata Family | Despotate of Epirus | Victory
|
| Albanian-Epirote War (1367–70) (1367–70) | Albanian Losha Family | Despotate of Epirus in Ioannina | Ceasefire
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| Thopia-Muzaka War (1370) | Thopia victory
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| Albanian-Prilep War (1371) | Principality of Gropa |
Victory
| |
| Albanian-Epirote War (1374–1375) (1374-1375) | Despotate of Arta | Despotate of Epirus in Ioannina | Ceasefire
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| Invasion of Arta by the Knights Hospitaller (1378) | Despotate of Arta | Victory
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| Albanian-Epirote War (1381–84) (1381–84) |
Despotate of Arta | Despotate of Epirus in Ioannina |
Victory
|
| Zetan-Albania War (1382–1385) | Victory
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| Albanian-Epirote War of 1385[6] (1385) |
Despotate of Arta | Defeat
| |
| First Zenebishi Uprising against the Ottomans (1385–86) | Albanian Zenebishi Family | Victory
| |
| Dukagjini Rebellion against Balšić (1387) | Victory
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| Battle of Kosovo (1389) | The Albanian nobility that fought under the command of Prince Lazar:[8][9] |
Inconclusive
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| Albanian-Epirote War of 1389–90[10] (1389–1390) |
Despotate of Arta (all four battles) Malakasi Tribe (second battle) |
Thessaly (second battle) |
Defeat
|
| Venetian-Albanian War (1392)(1392) | Defeat
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| Bosnian Invasion of Zeta under the Balšići (1396) | Victory
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| Thopia civil War(1392-1403) | Niketa Thopia Victory
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| Albanian-Epirote War of 1399-1400 (April 1399 – July 1400) |
Albanian Zenebishi Family | Pro-Epirote Albanian Clans |
Victory
|
| Vonko–Shpata War (November 1400 – Late 1401) |
Despotate of Arta | Vonko's Forces | Victory
|
| Civil war of the Despotate of Arta (1401–08)[11] (late 1401 – 1408) | 1401–1403: Despotate of Arta supported by Skurra Bua Shpata and Muriq 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 | Zaharia family Albanian Jonima family |
Defeat
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| First Scutari War (early 1405 – January 1413) | Albanian Humoj family Serb peasants Albanian Zaharia family (late 1412 – early 1413) |
Zaharia family (early 1405 – late 1412) Albanian Jonima family |
Mixed results
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| Second Thopia-Muzaka War (late 1411) |
Albanian Thopia family | Muzaka Victory
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| Albanian-Epirote War of 1412 (1412) | Albanian Zenebishi Family
Albanian Shpata Family |
Greeks of Ioannina |
Victory
|
| Ottoman-Gjirokastër War (1414) | Albanian Zenebishi Family | Defeat
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| Second Zenebishi Uprising against the Ottomans (1416) | Albanian Mountain Tribes Zenebishi Family |
Victory
| |
| Albanian-Epirote War of 1416 (October 1416) |
Despotate of Arta | Defeat
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| Second Ottoman-Gjirokastër War (1418) | Albanian Zenebishi Family | Defeat
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| Second Scutari War (1419–23) | Albanian nobility: |
Inconclusive
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| Albanian Revolt (1432–36) | Albanian rebels
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Support: |
Mixed results
|
| Muzaka Revolt in Berat (1437–38) |
Albanian rebels | Defeat
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| Ottoman-Albanian Wars of 1443 to 1479 (1443–1479) |
1443–44: Arianiti Family 1444–46: 1446–50: 1450–51: 1451–54: 1454–56: 1456–68: 1468–78: 1478–79:
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1443–44: 1444–46: 1446–50: 1450–51: 1451–54: 1454–56: 1456–68: 1468–78: 1478–79: |
Ottoman conquest of Albania halted until 1479
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| Albanian–Venetian War (December 1447 – October 1448) |
Pro-Venetian Alliance:
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Victory
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| Skanderbeg's Italian expedition (1460–62) | Pro-Angevin Italian nobles |
Victory
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| Ottoman–Venetian War (1463–1479) | Greek rebels |
Ottoman victory, Treaty of Constantinople (1479) | |
Ottoman Albania and the Albanian National Awakening (1479–1912)
| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian Uprisings of 1481–1484 (June 1481–1484) |
Albanian rebels |
Mixed results
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| Crnojević-Kastrioti Invasion of Zeta (June 1481) |
Victory
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| Albanian Uprising of 1501 (1501) |
Albanian rebels | Defeat
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| Mirdita Uprising
(1515) |
Principality of Mirdita | Victory
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| Seven-fold barjak Uprising (1658) |
"Seven-fold barjak" Alliance:
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Unknown | ||
| First Süleyman Invasion of Montenegro
(1685) |
Support: |
Victory
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| Medun Uprising (1688) |
Anti-Ottoman Tribal Alliance: | Bushati Defeat
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| Second Süleyman Invasion of Montenegro
(1692) |
Victory
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| Hoti-Kuči Uprising of 1694 (1694) |
Anti-Ottoman Tribal Alliance: | Unknown | ||
| Orlov Revolt
(1770) |
Greek revolutionaries |
Victory
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| Shkodran Invasion of Ulcinj (1772) |
Victory
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| Shkodran Invasion of Brda (1774) (1774) |
Brda Tribes:
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Bushati Defeat
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| First Scutari-Berat War | Scutari victory
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| Scutari invasion of Montenegro (1785) |
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Victory
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| First Scutari-Ottoman War | Inconclusive
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| Souliote War (1789-1793) (1789-1793) |
Pashalik of Yanina | Albanian Souliotes | Souliote Victory | |
| Shkodran Invasion of Brda (1794) (1794) |
Brda Tribes: | Bushati Defeat | ||
| Shkodran Invasion of Montenegro (1796) (Early 1796–September 1796) |
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Defeat
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| Ali Pasha's Invasion of Butrint
(18–25 October 1798) |
Pashalik of Yanina
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Victory
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| Battle of Nicopolis
(1798) |
Pashalik of Yanina
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Greek Volunteers |
Victory
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| Muhammad Ali's seizure of power (March 1803 – March 1811) |
Forces loyal to Tahir Pasha (March 1803 – April 1803) Albanian bashi-bazouks Mamluks (April 1803 – February 1804) Mamluks loyal to al-Bardisi (February 1804 – March 1804) Militia of Cairo |
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Victory
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| First Serbian Uprising
(1804-1813) |
Support: |
Victory
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| Ali Pasha's Invasion of the Pashalik of Berat
(1808) |
Pashalik of Yanina | Pashalik of Yanina Victory
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| Suppression of the Pashalik of Yanina
(1820–22) |
Pashalik of Yanina | Defeat
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| Wallachian uprising
(1821) |
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Greek revolutionaries |
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Ottoman military victory Wallachian political victory, end of the Phanariote Era |
| Ottoman-Bushati War (March – November 1831) |
Financial Support: |
Defeat
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| First Egyptian–Ottoman War
(1831-1833) |
Albanian bashi-bazouks |
Victory
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| Albanian Revolt of 1833 in Kolonjë (January 1833)[16] |
Tosk Rebels | Victory
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| Albanian Revolt of 1833 in Shkodër (April–December 1833) |
Shkodran Rebels Malsor Rebels[16] |
Victory
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| Albanian Revolt of 1833 in Southern Albania (July–September 1833) |
Tosk Rebels Lab Rebels |
Victory
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| Albanian Revolt of 1834 (November 1834– January 1835) |
Tosk Rebels Lab Rebels |
Victory
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| Albanian Revolt of 1835 in South Albania (January–May 1835) |
Tosk Rebels Lab Rebels Çam Rebels |
Defeat
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| Albanian Revolt of 1835 in Myzeqe (May 1835) |
Myzeq Rebels | Defeat
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| Albanian Revolt of 1835 in North Albania (May–September 1835) |
Shkodran Rebels Reinforcements:[16] Kosovar Rebels Volunteers: Malsor Volunteers Gheg Volunteers Mirdita Tribesmen Mati Tribesmen Dibran Volunteers |
Victory
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| Albanian Revolt of 1836 in South Albania (June–August 1836) |
Tosk Rebels Lab Rebels |
Mixed results
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| Albanian Revolt of 1837 in Mat (January–February 1837)[16] |
Mati Tribesmen | Mixed results
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| Albanian Revolt of 1837 in Myzeqe (June–August 1837) |
Myzeq Rebels Tosk Rebels |
Defeat
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| Albanian Revolt of 1837 in North Albania (June–August 1837)[16] |
Kosovar Rebels Gheg Rebels |
Defeat | ||
| Albanian Revolt of 1837 in Dibër (September–November 1837)[16] |
Dibran Rebels | Victory
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| Albanian Revolt of 1839 in South Albania (August–September 1839) |
Tosk Rebels Lab Rebels |
Victory
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| Albanian Revolt of 1839 in Prizren (September 1839)[16] |
Kosovar Rebels | Victory
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| Second Egyptian–Ottoman War
(1839-1841) |
Albanian bashi-bazouks |
Mixed results
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| Uprising of Dervish Cara (July 1843–June 1844) |
Gheg Rebels Kosovar Rebels Shkodran Rebels Tosk Rebels |
Defeat
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| Albanian Revolt of 1843–44 in Dibër (July 1843–November 1844) |
Dibran Rebels | Mixed results
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| Albanian Revolt of 1845 (May–July 1845) |
Kosovar Rebels Gheg Rebels |
Mati Albanian Conscripts |
Rebel Defeat
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| Albanian Revolt of 1847 (July–December 1847) |
Tosk Rebels Lab Rebels Çam Rebels |
Defeat
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| Montenegrin Civil War of 1847[17][18][19] | Brda Tribes
Crmnica Tribes |
Defeat
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| Albanian Revolt of 1862 (1862) |
Catholic Mirdita Rebels Vocal Support: |
Alleged Support: |
Defeat | |
| Battles for Plav and Gusinje (1878–1880) | League of Prizren Support: |
Victory
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| League of Prizren Secessionist War (1880–1881) |
League of Prizren | Support: |
Defeat
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| Albanian Revolt of 1909 (1909) |
Malsor Tribesman | Defeat
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| Albanian Revolt of 1910 (May–June 1910) |
Kosovar Rebels Shkodran Rebels Dibran Rebels Malsor Tribesman Support: |
Defeat
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| Albanian Revolt of 1911 (1911) |
Malsor Tribesman Shkodran Tribesmen |
Peace is negotiated
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| Albanian Revolt of 1912 (1912) |
Ottoman Albanian Deserters Armaments Support: Vocal Support: |
Victory
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Independence to the end of the First World War (1912–1918)
| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohrid-Debar Uprising (September–October 1913) |
Defeat
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| Young Turk Uprising In Albania (1914) |
Support: |
Victory
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| First Northern Epirote Uprising (March–May 1914) |
Ceasefire
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| Peasant Revolt in Albania (May–October 1914) |
Support: |
Support: |
Principality of Albania victory
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| Second Northern Epirote Uprising (September–October 1914) |
Defeat
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| Italian invasion of Vlorë(December 1914) | Defeat
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| Austro-Hungarian invasion of Albania (January 1916–April 1916) |
Austro-Hungarian victory | ||
| Central Power invasion and of Albania (December 1915) |
Interwar Period (1918–1939)
| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drenica-Dukagjin Uprisings (1919-1924) |
Mixed results
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| Koplik War
(1920-1921) |
Victory | ||
| Vlora War (1920) |
Victory | ||
| Albanian–Yugoslav border war (1921)(1921) | Victory
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| Albanian Revolt of 1922 (1922) |
Albanian Principality Victory
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| Kachak Invasion of Albania (1923) |
Albanian Principality Victory
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| June Revolution (1924) |
Noli Victory
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| Zogu Invasion of Albania (1924) |
Zogu Victory
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| Italian invasion of Albania (1939) |
Defeat |
Second World War and Cold War (1939–1991)
| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greco-Italian War (1940–1941) |
Air support: |
Stalemate
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| Uprising in Montenegro
(1941) |
Victory
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| Greek Insurgency in South Albania
(1941-1944) |
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Albanian Victory
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| First Karadak-Gollak Uprising(1941-1944) | Albanian Victory
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| Albanian Resistance of World War II (1939–1944) |
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Albanian Communist Victory
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| Cold War (1945–1991) | ||||||
| Corfu Channel incident (1946–1948) |
World Court case in 1949
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| Operation Valuable (1949) | Communist Albania Victory
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| Greek Civil War (1946–1949) |
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Supported by: |
Defeat
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| Gramos Incident
(24 May 1950) |
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Post Cold War era (1991–)
See also
References
Citations
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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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- ↑ Fine, John V. A. Jr. (1994) [1987]. The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press. p. 355. ISBN 0-472-08260-4.
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However, despite winning a major open-field battle against Tocco's forces in 1412, the Albanian allies could not take Jannina
- ↑ Fine, John V. A. Jr. (1994) [1987]. The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press. p. 356. ISBN 0-472-08260-4.
Carlo brought his forces south; the people of Arta submitted to him, and he entered the town in October 1416..
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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pollo 1984, p. 125
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civil war montenegro 1847.
- ↑ William Miller (12 October 2012). The Ottoman Empire and Its Successors, 1801-1927. Routledge. ISBN 9781136260469. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ↑ Stickney, Edith Pierpont (1926). Southern Albania Or. Northern Epirus in European International Affairs: 1912-1923. Stanford University Press. p. 43. ISBN 9780804761710.
The position of the Greek government during this revolution in Northern Epirus was one of strict neutrality
- ↑ Jung, Peter (20 May 2003). The Austro-Hungarian Forces in World War I (1): 1914-16. Bloomsbury USA. p. 13. ISBN 9781841765945. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- 1 2 "26 July 1920, took place the Koplik war against the Yugoslav army". www.qmksh.al. 25 July 2017.
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