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History of Albania |
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This is a list of wars that Albanian states and Albanian armed forces have been involved in.
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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Arbanon-Zetan War (Between 1208–1216) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Victory
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Rebellion of Arbanon (1257–1259) | ![]() | ![]() | Inconclusive
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Byzantine-Angevin war (1274–1281) [1] | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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Stefan Milutin's invasion of North Albania | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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Albanian Resistance against the Serbian Kingdom/Empire (1336–1355) | ![]() | Kingdom of Serbia (medieval) (1336–1346) | Eventual Albanian victory
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Muzaka-Serbian war of 1340 [7] [8] | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 | ![]() Regents: ![]() ![]() ![]() Allies: Zealots of Thessalonica ![]() ![]() Principality of Karvuna | ![]() Allies: ![]() ![]() ![]() Beylik of Saruhan ![]() ![]() | Mixed Results
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Albanian-Epirote War of 1359 | Albanian Losha Family and Shpata Family | Despotate of Epirus | Victory
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Albanian-Epirote War (1367–70) | Albanian Losha Family | Despotate of Epirus in Ioannina | Ceasefire
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Muzaka-Serbian war (1369) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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Albanian-Prilep War (1371) | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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Albanian-Epirote War (1374–1375) | Despotate of Arta | Despotate of Epirus in Ioannina | Ceasefire
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Durrës Expedition (1376) | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
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Invasion of Arta by the Knights Hospitaller (1378) | Despotate of Arta | ![]() | Victory
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Battle of Durazzo (1383) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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Albanian-Epirote War (1381–84) | Despotate of Arta | Despotate of Epirus in Ioannina ![]() | Victory
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Zetan-Albania War (1382–1385) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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Albanian-Epirote War of 1385 [11] | Despotate of Arta | ![]() | Ceasefire
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Albanian-Epirote War of 1389–90 [12] | Despotate of Arta (all four battles) Malakasi Tribe (second battle) | ![]() Thessaly (second battle) ![]() | Defeat
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Venetian-Albanian War (1392) | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
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Bosnian Invasion of Zeta under the Balšići (1396) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Victory
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Thopia civil War (1392–1403)[ citation needed ] | ![]() | ![]() | Niketa Thopia Victory
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Albanian-Epirote War of 1399-1400 (April 1399 – July 1400)[ citation needed ] | 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) [13] (late 1401 – 1408) | 1401–1403: Despotate of Arta supported by Skurra Bua Shpata and Muriq Shpata 1403–1407:
| ![]() | Sgouros and Paul are defeated, Maurice is victorious
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Zenebishi-Venetian war (1402–1413) | Principality of Gjirokastër | Republic of Venice | 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
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Ottoman-Gjirokastër War (1414) | Albanian Zenebishi Family | ![]() | Defeat
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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: | ![]() | Inconclusive
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Albanian Revolt (1432–36) | Albanian rebels
| ![]() | Mixed results
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Albanian-Ottoman wars (1443–1479) | 1443–44:![]() Arianiti Family 1444–46: 1446–50: 1450–51: 1451–54: 1454–56: 1456–68: 1468–78: 1478–79:
| 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:
| Victory
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Skanderbeg's Serbian campaign (1448) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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Ottoman–Venetian War (1463–1479) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Greek rebels | ![]() | Ottoman victory, Treaty of Constantinople (1479) |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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Crnojević-Kastrioti Invasion of Zeta (June 1481) | Zetan rebels Crnojević family ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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First Süleyman Invasion of Montenegro (1685) | ![]() | ![]() Support: | Victory
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Kosovo campaign of The Holy League (1689) | Holy League | ![]() | Victory
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Second Süleyman Invasion of Montenegro (1692) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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Shkodran Invasion of Ulcinj (1772) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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Shkodran Invasion of Brda (1774) (1774) | ![]() | Brda Tribes:
| Bushati Defeat
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First Scutari-Berat War | ![]() | ![]() | Scutari victory
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Scutari invasion of Montenegro (1785) | ![]() | ![]()
| Victory
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First Scutari-Ottoman War | ![]() | ![]() | Inconclusive
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Souliote War (1789–1793) | Pashalik of Yanina | Albanian Souliotes | Souliote Victory |
Shkodran Invasion of Brda (1794) (1794) | ![]() | Brda Tribes: | Bushati Defeat |
Second Scutari-Ottoman War (1795) | ![]() | ![]() | Albanian Victory
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Second Scutari invasion of Montenegro (Early 1796–September 1796) | ![]() | ![]()
| Defeat
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Ali Pasha's Invasion of Butrint (18–25 October 1798) | Pashalik of Yanina
| ![]() | 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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Turco-Egyptian conquest of Sudan (1820–1824) | ![]() | Sennar Sultanate Shayqih Kingdom Sultanate of Darfur | Victory
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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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Second Egyptian–Ottoman War (1839–1841) | ![]() Albanian bashi-bazouks | ![]() | Mixed results
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Montenegrin Civil War of 1847 [26] [27] [28] | Brda Tribes
Crmnica Tribes | ![]() | Defeat
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League of Prizren Secessionist War (1880–1881) | League of Prizren | ![]() | Defeat
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Greco-Turkish War of 1897 | ![]() | ![]() | Victory |
Malissori uprising (1911) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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Albanian Revolt of 1912 (1912) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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Peasant Revolt in Albania (May–October 1914) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Support: ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() Support: ![]() | Principality of Albania victory
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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 of Albania (December 1915) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() | |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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Korçë Crisis (1916–1920) | ![]() | ![]() Support: | Victory
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Koplik War (1920–1921) | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Victory |
Vlora War (1920) | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Victory |
War in Dibra [34] (1920) | ![]() | ![]() Greek volunteers | Victory |
Albanian–Yugoslav border war (1921)(1921) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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Italian invasion of Albania (1939) | ![]() | ![]() | Defeat |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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Greco-Italian War (1940–1941) | ![]() | ![]() Air support: ![]() | Stalemate
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War of Ceraja and Slatina (1941) [35] [36] | Albanian irregulars | ![]() | Victory |
Invasion of Yugoslavia (1941) | ![]() | ![]() | Victory
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Albanian Resistance of World War II (1939–1944) | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]()
| Albanian Communist Victory
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Albanian–Yugoslav border conflict (1948–1954) | ![]() | ![]() | Albanian Victory
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Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) | ![]() ![]() Supported by: ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Stalemate
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Cameroon War (1955–1964) | ![]() Supported And Aided by: ![]() | Independence War Phase (1955-1960)![]() Civil War Phase (1960-1964) | Inconclusive
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Araguaia Guerrilla War (1966–1974) | ![]() Supported And Aided by: ![]() | ![]() | Government victory
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Vietnam War (1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975) |
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| North Vietnamese victory |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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Kosovo War (1998-1999) | ![]() | ![]() | Kumanovo Agreement
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Carlo brought his forces south; the people of Arta submitted to him, and he entered the town in October 1416..
«Indignato per non aver potuto correre in aiuto di Hunyadi, in una guerra che forse poteva mutare il destino dell'Albania e dell'intera penisola balcanica, Scanderbeg corse per la Serbia saccheggiandola e mettendola a ferro e fuoco, per punire il krajl infedele. Se ne tornò poi a Croia, amareggiato, verso la fine di novembre»
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