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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 |
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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 |
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Mixed Results
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Albanian Resistance against the Serbian Empire (1336-1371) | ![]()
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Eventual Albanian victory
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Thopia Uprising against the Anjou (1358–68) | ![]() |
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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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Albanian-Epirote War (1367–70) (1367–70) | Albanian Losha Family | Despotate of Epirus in Ioannina | Ceasefire
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Thopia-Muzaka War (1370) | ![]() |
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Thopia victory
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Albanian-Prilep War (1371) | ![]() Principality of Gropa |
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Victory
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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
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Zetan-Albania War (1382–1385) | ![]() |
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Victory
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Albanian-Epirote War of 1385[6] (1385) |
Despotate of Arta | ![]() |
Defeat
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First Zenebishi Uprising against the Ottomans (1385–86) | Albanian Zenebishi Family | ![]() |
Victory
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Dukagjini Rebellion against Balšić (1387) | ![]() |
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Victory
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Battle of Kosovo (1389) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Albanian nobility that fought under the command of Prince Lazar:[8][9] |
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Inconclusive
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Albanian-Epirote War of 1389–90[10] (1389–1390) |
Despotate of Arta (all four battles) Malakasi Tribe (second battle) |
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Defeat
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Venetian-Albanian War (1392)(1392) | ![]() |
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Defeat
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Bosnian Invasion of Zeta under the Balšići (1396) | ![]() |
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Victory
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Thopia civil War(1392-1403) | ![]() |
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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
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Vonko–Shpata War (November 1400 – Late 1401) |
Despotate of Arta | Vonko's Forces | Victory
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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) |
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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 |
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Victory
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Ottoman-Gjirokastër War (1414) | Albanian Zenebishi Family | ![]() |
Defeat
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Second Zenebishi Uprising against the Ottomans (1416) | Albanian Mountain Tribes Zenebishi Family ![]() |
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Victory
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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: |
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Inconclusive
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Albanian Revolt (1432–36) | Albanian rebels
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Mixed results
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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) |
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Victory
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Skanderbeg's Italian expedition (1460–62) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Victory
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Ottoman–Venetian War (1463–1479) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Greek rebels |
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Ottoman victory, Treaty of Constantinople (1479) |
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 | ![]() |
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) |
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Victory
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Medun Uprising (1688) |
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Anti-Ottoman Tribal Alliance: | Bushati Defeat
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Second Süleyman Invasion of Montenegro
(1692) |
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Victory
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Hoti-Kuči Uprising of 1694 (1694) |
Anti-Ottoman Tribal Alliance: | ![]() |
Unknown | |
Orlov Revolt
(1770) |
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Victory
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Shkodran Invasion of Ulcinj (1772) |
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Victory
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Shkodran Invasion of Brda (1774) (1774) |
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Brda Tribes:
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Bushati Defeat
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First Scutari-Berat War | ![]() |
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Scutari victory
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Scutari invasion of Montenegro (1785) | ![]() |
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Victory
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First Scutari-Ottoman War | ![]() |
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Inconclusive
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Souliote War (1789-1793) (1789-1793) |
Pashalik of Yanina | Albanian Souliotes | Souliote Victory | |
Shkodran Invasion of Brda (1794) (1794) |
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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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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) |
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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) |
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Financial Support: |
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Defeat
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First Egyptian–Ottoman War
(1831-1833) |
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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] |
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Victory
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Albanian Revolt of 1833 in Southern Albania (July–September 1833) |
Tosk Rebels Lab Rebels |
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Victory
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Albanian Revolt of 1834 (November 1834– January 1835) |
Tosk Rebels Lab Rebels |
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Victory
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Albanian Revolt of 1835 in South Albania (January–May 1835) |
Tosk Rebels Lab Rebels Çam Rebels |
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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 |
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Victory
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Albanian Revolt of 1836 in South Albania (June–August 1836) |
Tosk Rebels Lab Rebels |
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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 |
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Defeat
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Albanian Revolt of 1837 in North Albania (June–August 1837)[16] |
Kosovar Rebels Gheg Rebels |
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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 |
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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) |
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Mixed results
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Uprising of Dervish Cara (July 1843–June 1844) |
Gheg Rebels Kosovar Rebels Shkodran Rebels Tosk Rebels |
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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 |
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Rebel Defeat
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Albanian Revolt of 1847 (July–December 1847) |
Tosk Rebels Lab Rebels Çam Rebels |
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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) |
Catholic Mirdita Rebels Vocal Support: ![]() |
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Defeat | |
Battles for Plav and Gusinje (1878–1880) | League of Prizren Support: ![]() |
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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: ![]() |
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Defeat
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Albanian Revolt of 1911 (1911) |
Malsor Tribesman Shkodran Tribesmen |
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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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Ohrid-Debar Uprising (September–October 1913) |
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Defeat
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Young Turk Uprising In Albania (1914) |
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Victory
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First Northern Epirote Uprising (March–May 1914) |
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Ceasefire
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Peasant Revolt in Albania (May–October 1914) |
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Principality of Albania victory
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Second Northern Epirote Uprising (September–October 1914) |
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Defeat
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Italian invasion of Vlorë(December 1914) | ![]() |
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Defeat
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Austro-Hungarian invasion of Albania (January 1916–April 1916) |
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Austro-Hungarian victory |
Central Power invasion and of Albania (December 1915) |
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Interwar Period (1918–1939)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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Drenica-Dukagjin Uprisings (1919-1924) |
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Mixed results
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Koplik War
(1920-1921) |
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Victory |
Vlora War (1920) |
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Victory |
Albanian–Yugoslav border war (1921)(1921) | ![]() |
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Victory
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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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Zogu Invasion of Albania (1924) |
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Zogu Victory
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Italian invasion of Albania (1939) |
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Defeat |
Second World War and Cold War (1939–1991)
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Greco-Italian War (1940–1941) |
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Stalemate
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Uprising in Montenegro
(1941) |
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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) | ![]() |
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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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Corfu Channel incident (1946–1948) |
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World Court case in 1949
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Communist Albania Victory
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Greek Civil War (1946–1949) |
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Defeat
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Gramos Incident
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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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civil war montenegro 1847.
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- ↑ 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.
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