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Italian invasion of Albania (1939)
On the Road to WW2 map as “Italy seizes Albania”
7 Apr 1939 — Mussolini answers Prague with an invasion of his own client kingdom across the Adriatic. Britain and France respond by guaranteeing Greece and Romania.
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- Outbreak of WW2 in Europe (chapter 8 of Road to WW2)
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- The Road to War, 1931–1941
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