Albania (1926) Flashcards
What did BM’s success in Fiume persuade him to think?
That Yugoslavia could be pushed around.
Whose influence in Yugolsavia did BM resent?
French influence.
What was BM keen to demonstrate to the new state?
That Italy was the dominant power in the region; not France.
Yugoslavia was a new state- when was it formed?
1918
What did BM want to make clear to the Yugoslavs?
That he could make their life v. difficult if they tried to resist Italian influence.
What happened in 1924?
An Italian-sponsored chieftain, Ahmed Zog, managed to take power in Albania on Yugoslavia’s S border.
What was the name of the Italian-sponsored chieftain?
Ahmed Zog
How did the Fascist govt help Zog?
- provided him with money
- encouraged Italian companies to invest in the Albanian economy
- employed Italian officers as advisers to the Albanian army
What was signed in 1926?
The Treaty of Friendship
What did that treaty signify?
That Albania was little more than a satellite state.
What emphasised Italy as a military threat to Yugoslavia?
When BM funded those ethnic minorities, notably the Croats, who wanted to break away from the Yugoslav state.
How did Yugoslavia respond to BM’s funding?
By doing its best not to antagonise Fascist Italy but it also refused to be intimidated into subservience.
1930s
- throughout the 30s BM maintained his aggressive posture.
- eventually occupied much of Yugoslavia during WW2 after it was defeated by Hitler.
When was Yugoslavia invaded by the Axis powers?
April 1941
What happened in 1943?
a Democratic Federal Yugoslavia was proclaimed by the Partisan resistance.
