ALBANIA

Question 1

What year was Italys annexation of Albania?

Answer 1

1939

Question 2

In March 1939 Mussolini sent an ultimatum to who?

Answer 2

King Zog

Question 3

In this Ultimatum what did King Zog decline?

Answer 3

Money

Question 4

Why was Italys invasion unnecessary?

Answer 4

Already under Italy’s control

Question 5

How long did it take Italy to overrun Albania?

Answer 5

24 hours

Question 6

Historians suggest that Mussolini’s motives were?

Answer 6

showing Hitler Italys capabilities of expansion

Question 7

Can you give me another motive to the invasion?

Answer 7

Mussolini wanted to hit back at Hitler after exclusion from foreign policy

Question 8

What did the invasion drain/weaken?

Answer 8

Italys economic resources

Question 9

What was the benefit for Mussolini?

Answer 9

Stretching Italy’s dominance over Adriatic coastline

Question 10

What occurred two months after Albania?

Answer 10

A formal military alliance was formed between Germany and Italy (Pact of Steel)