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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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Byzantine-Angevin war (1274–1281) [1] | Byzantine Empire | Kingdom of Albania Angevin Kingdom of Sicily | Victory
|
Stefan Milutin's invasion of North Albania |
Principality of Muzaka Byzantine Empire |
Kingdom of Serbia (medieval) | Victory
|
Albanian Resistance against the Serbian Kingdom/Empire (1336–1355) | Kingdom of Albania |
Kingdom of Serbia (medieval) (1336–1346)
Serbian Empire (1346–1355) |
Eventual Albanian victory
|
Muzaka-Serbian war of 1340 [7] [8] | Principality of Muzaka | Serbian Empire | Victory
|
Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 |
John V Palaiologos Regents: Anna of Savoy John XIV Kalekas Alexios Apokaukos Allies: Zealots of Thessalonica Serbia (1343–1347) Bulgaria Principality of Karvuna |
John VI Kantakouzenos Allies: Serbia (1342–1343) Beylik of Aydin (1342/3–1345) Ottoman beylik (1345–1347) Beylik of Saruhan Principality of Albania Principality of Muzaka |
Mixed Results
|
Albanian-Epirote War of 1359 | Albanian Losha Family and Shpata Family | Despotate of Epirus | Victory
|
Albanian-Epirote War (1367–70) | Albanian Losha Family | Despotate of Epirus in Ioannina | Ceasefire
|
Muzaka-Serbian war
(1369) |
Principality of Muzaka | Serbian Empire | Victory
|
Albanian-Prilep War (1371) |
Principality of Muzaka Principality of Gropa |
Lordship of Prilep | Victory
|
Albanian-Epirote War (1374–1375) | Despotate of Arta | Despotate of Epirus in Ioannina | Ceasefire
|
Invasion of Arta by the Knights Hospitaller (1378) | Despotate of Arta | Knights Hospitaller | Victory
|
Albanian-Epirote War (1381–84) | Despotate of Arta |
Despotate of Epirus in
Ioannina Ottoman Empire |
Victory
|
Zetan-Albania War (1382–1385) | Princedom of Albania | Lordship of Zeta | Victory
|
Albanian-Epirote War of 1385 [10] | Despotate of Arta | Despotate of Epirus | Defeat
|
Albanian-Epirote War of 1389–90 [11] |
Despotate of Arta (all four battles) Malakasi Tribe (second battle) |
Despotate of Epirus (all four battles) Thessaly (second battle) Ottoman Empire (third and fourth battles) |
Defeat
|
Venetian-Albanian War (1392) | Princedom of Albania | Republic of Venice | Defeat
|
Bosnian Invasion of Zeta under the Balšići (1396) | Principality of Zeta |
Kingdom of Bosnia Republic of Venice |
Victory
|
Thopia civil War (1392–1403)[ citation needed] | Forces under Niketa Thopia | Forces under Helena Thopia | Niketa Thopia Victory
|
Albanian-Epirote War of 1399-1400 (April 1399 – July 1400)[ citation needed] |
Albanian Zenebishi Family |
Despotate of Epirus Pro-Epirote Albanian Clans |
Victory
|
Vonko–Shpata War (November 1400 – Late 1401) |
Despotate of Arta | Vonko's Forces | Victory
|
Civil war of the Despotate of Arta (1401–08) [12] (late 1401 – 1408) | 1401–1403: Despotate of Arta supported by Skurra Bua Shpata and Muriq Shpata 1403–1407:
Ottoman Empire (1406 only) |
County palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos | Sgouros and Paul are defeated, Maurice is victorious
|
Zenebishi-Venetian war (1402–1413) | Principality of Gjirokastër | Republic of Venice | Defeat
|
First Scutari War (early 1405 – January 1413) |
Balšići Lordship of Zeta Crnojević family Albanian Humoj family Serb peasants Albanian peasants Albanian Zaharia family (late 1412 – early 1413) |
Republic of Venice Zaharia family (early 1405 – late 1412) Albanian Jonima family |
Mixed results
|
Second Thopia-Muzaka War (late 1411) |
Albanian Thopia family | Muzaka family | Muzaka Victory
|
Albanian-Epirote War of 1412 (1412) | Albanian
Zenebishi Family
Albanian Shpata Family |
Despotate of Epirus Greeks of Ioannina |
Victory
|
Ottoman-Gjirokastër War (1414) | Albanian Zenebishi Family | Ottoman Empire | Defeat
|
Albanian-Epirote War of 1416 (October 1416) |
Despotate of Arta | Despotate of Epirus | Defeat
|
Second Ottoman-Gjirokastër War (1418) | Albanian Zenebishi Family | Ottoman Empire | Defeat
|
Second Scutari War (1419–23) |
Zeta Serbian Despotate (after 1421) Albanian nobility: |
Republic of Venice | Inconclusive
|
Albanian Revolt (1432–36) | Albanian rebels
|
Ottoman Empire | Mixed results
|
Albanian-Ottoman wars (1443–1479) |
1443–44: Kastrioti Family Arianiti Family 1444–46: 1446–50: 1450–51: 1451–54: 1454–56: 1456–68: 1468–78: 1478–79:
Lordship of Zeta ( Siege of Shkodra only) |
1443–44: Ottoman Empire 1444–46: 1446–50: 1450–51: 1451–54: 1454–56: 1456–68: 1468–78: 1478–79: |
Ottoman conquest of Albania halted until 1479
|
Albanian–Venetian War (December 1447 – October 1448) |
League of Lezhë |
Republic of Venice Pro-Venetian Alliance:
|
Victory
|
Skanderbeg's Serbian campaign (1448) |
League of Lezhë | Despotate of Serbia | Victory
|
Ottoman–Venetian War (1463–1479) |
Republic of Venice Papal States League of Lezhë Principality of Zeta Maniots Greek rebels |
Ottoman Empire | Ottoman victory, Treaty of Constantinople (1479) |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
---|---|---|---|
Crnojević-Kastrioti Invasion of Zeta (June 1481) |
Zetan rebels Crnojević family Kastrioti family |
Ottoman Empire | Victory
|
First Süleyman Invasion of Montenegro
(1685) |
Bushati family |
Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro
Support: |
Victory
|
Kosovo campaign of The Holy League (1689) | Holy League | Ottoman empire | Victory
|
Second Süleyman Invasion of Montenegro
(1692) |
Bushati family | Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro | Victory
|
Shkodran Invasion of Ulcinj (1772) |
Pashalik of Scutari | Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro | Victory
|
Shkodran Invasion of Brda (1774) (1774) |
Pashalik of Scutari |
Brda Tribes:
|
Bushati Defeat
|
First Scutari-Berat War | Pashalik of Scutari | Pashalik of Berat | Scutari victory
|
Scutari invasion of Montenegro (1785) | Pashalik of Scutari |
Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro
|
Victory
|
First Scutari-Ottoman War | Pashalik of Scutari | Ottoman Empire | Inconclusive
|
Souliote War (1789–1793) | Pashalik of Yanina | Albanian Souliotes | Souliote Victory |
Shkodran Invasion of Brda (1794) (1794) |
Bushati family | Brda Tribes: | Bushati Defeat |
Second Scutari-Ottoman War
(1795) |
Pashalik of Scutari | Ottoman Empire | Albanian Victory
|
Second Scutari invasion of Montenegro (Early 1796–September 1796) |
Pashalik of Scutari |
Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro
|
Defeat
|
Ali Pasha's Invasion of Butrint
(18–25 October 1798) |
Pashalik of Yanina
|
First French Republic | Victory
|
Ali Pasha's Invasion of the
Pashalik of Berat
(1808) |
Pashalik of Yanina | Pashalik of Berat | Pashalik of Yanina Victory
|
Turco-Egyptian conquest of Sudan (1820–1824) | Egypt Eyalet under Muhammad Ali | Sennar Sultanate Shayqih Kingdom Sultanate of Darfur | Victory
|
Ottoman-Bushati War (March – November 1831) |
Bushati family
Financial Support: |
Ottoman Empire | Defeat
|
First Egyptian–Ottoman War (1831–1833) |
Egypt Eyalet under
Muhammad Ali
Albanian bashi-bazouks |
Ottoman Empire | Victory
|
Second Egyptian–Ottoman War (1839–1841) |
Egypt Eyalet under
Muhammad Ali
Albanian bashi-bazouks |
Ottoman Empire | Mixed results
|
Montenegrin Civil War of 1847 [25] [26] [27] |
Brda Tribes
Crmnica Tribes |
Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro | Defeat
|
League of Prizren Secessionist War (1880–1881) |
League of Prizren |
Ottoman Empire
Support: |
Defeat
|
Greco-Turkish War of 1897 | Ottoman Empire | Greece | Victory |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
---|---|---|---|
Italian invasion of Vlorë (December 1914) | Principality of Albania | Kingdom of Italy | Defeat
|
Austro-Hungarian invasion of Albania (January 1916–April 1916) |
Austro-Hungarian Empire Albanian guerrillas |
Kingdom of Italy Republic of Central Albania |
Austro-Hungarian victory |
Central Power invasion of Albania (December 1915) |
Austro-Hungarian Empire Kingdom of Bulgaria (Until September 1917) Gheg guerrillas Tosk guerrillas Mati Tribesmen |
Republic of Central Albania |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
---|---|---|---|
Koplik War (1920–1921) |
Principality of Albania Albanian Rebels |
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | Victory |
Vlora War (1920) |
Principality of Albania Albanian Rebels |
Kingdom of Italy | Victory |
War in Dibra (1920) [33] | Albanian highlanders |
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Greek volunteers |
Victory
|
Albanian–Yugoslav border war (1921)(1921) | Principality of Albania | Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | Victory
|
Italian invasion of Albania (1939) |
Kingdom of Albania | Kingdom of Italy | Defeat |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
---|---|---|---|
Greco-Italian War (1940–1941) |
Kingdom of Italy |
Kingdom of Greece Air support: British Empire |
Stalemate
|
Invasion of Yugoslavia
(1941) |
Nazi Germany | Yugoslavia | Victory
|
Albanian Resistance of World War II (1939–1944) |
LANÇ Legality Movement Balli Kombëtar (Until 1943) |
Kingdom of Italy (Until 1943)
Nazi Germany (From 1943)
Balli Kombëtar (From 1943) |
Albanian Communist Victory
|
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
---|---|---|---|
Kosovo War (1998-1999) |
KLA | Yugoslavia | Kumanovo Agreement
|
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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.
However, despite winning a major open-field battle against Tocco's forces in 1412, the Albanian allies could not take Jannina
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»
Scanderbeg intended to go "peronalmente" with an army to assist Hunyadi, but was prevented from doing so by Branković, whose lands he ravaged as punishment for the Serbian desertion of the Christian cause.
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Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
---|---|---|---|
Byzantine-Angevin war (1274–1281) [1] | Byzantine Empire | Kingdom of Albania Angevin Kingdom of Sicily | Victory
|
Stefan Milutin's invasion of North Albania |
Principality of Muzaka Byzantine Empire |
Kingdom of Serbia (medieval) | Victory
|
Albanian Resistance against the Serbian Kingdom/Empire (1336–1355) | Kingdom of Albania |
Kingdom of Serbia (medieval) (1336–1346)
Serbian Empire (1346–1355) |
Eventual Albanian victory
|
Muzaka-Serbian war of 1340 [7] [8] | Principality of Muzaka | Serbian Empire | Victory
|
Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 |
John V Palaiologos Regents: Anna of Savoy John XIV Kalekas Alexios Apokaukos Allies: Zealots of Thessalonica Serbia (1343–1347) Bulgaria Principality of Karvuna |
John VI Kantakouzenos Allies: Serbia (1342–1343) Beylik of Aydin (1342/3–1345) Ottoman beylik (1345–1347) Beylik of Saruhan Principality of Albania Principality of Muzaka |
Mixed Results
|
Albanian-Epirote War of 1359 | Albanian Losha Family and Shpata Family | Despotate of Epirus | Victory
|
Albanian-Epirote War (1367–70) | Albanian Losha Family | Despotate of Epirus in Ioannina | Ceasefire
|
Muzaka-Serbian war
(1369) |
Principality of Muzaka | Serbian Empire | Victory
|
Albanian-Prilep War (1371) |
Principality of Muzaka Principality of Gropa |
Lordship of Prilep | Victory
|
Albanian-Epirote War (1374–1375) | Despotate of Arta | Despotate of Epirus in Ioannina | Ceasefire
|
Invasion of Arta by the Knights Hospitaller (1378) | Despotate of Arta | Knights Hospitaller | Victory
|
Albanian-Epirote War (1381–84) | Despotate of Arta |
Despotate of Epirus in
Ioannina Ottoman Empire |
Victory
|
Zetan-Albania War (1382–1385) | Princedom of Albania | Lordship of Zeta | Victory
|
Albanian-Epirote War of 1385 [10] | Despotate of Arta | Despotate of Epirus | Defeat
|
Albanian-Epirote War of 1389–90 [11] |
Despotate of Arta (all four battles) Malakasi Tribe (second battle) |
Despotate of Epirus (all four battles) Thessaly (second battle) Ottoman Empire (third and fourth battles) |
Defeat
|
Venetian-Albanian War (1392) | Princedom of Albania | Republic of Venice | Defeat
|
Bosnian Invasion of Zeta under the Balšići (1396) | Principality of Zeta |
Kingdom of Bosnia Republic of Venice |
Victory
|
Thopia civil War (1392–1403)[ citation needed] | Forces under Niketa Thopia | Forces under Helena Thopia | Niketa Thopia Victory
|
Albanian-Epirote War of 1399-1400 (April 1399 – July 1400)[ citation needed] |
Albanian Zenebishi Family |
Despotate of Epirus Pro-Epirote Albanian Clans |
Victory
|
Vonko–Shpata War (November 1400 – Late 1401) |
Despotate of Arta | Vonko's Forces | Victory
|
Civil war of the Despotate of Arta (1401–08) [12] (late 1401 – 1408) | 1401–1403: Despotate of Arta supported by Skurra Bua Shpata and Muriq Shpata 1403–1407:
Ottoman Empire (1406 only) |
County palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos | Sgouros and Paul are defeated, Maurice is victorious
|
Zenebishi-Venetian war (1402–1413) | Principality of Gjirokastër | Republic of Venice | Defeat
|
First Scutari War (early 1405 – January 1413) |
Balšići Lordship of Zeta Crnojević family Albanian Humoj family Serb peasants Albanian peasants Albanian Zaharia family (late 1412 – early 1413) |
Republic of Venice Zaharia family (early 1405 – late 1412) Albanian Jonima family |
Mixed results
|
Second Thopia-Muzaka War (late 1411) |
Albanian Thopia family | Muzaka family | Muzaka Victory
|
Albanian-Epirote War of 1412 (1412) | Albanian
Zenebishi Family
Albanian Shpata Family |
Despotate of Epirus Greeks of Ioannina |
Victory
|
Ottoman-Gjirokastër War (1414) | Albanian Zenebishi Family | Ottoman Empire | Defeat
|
Albanian-Epirote War of 1416 (October 1416) |
Despotate of Arta | Despotate of Epirus | Defeat
|
Second Ottoman-Gjirokastër War (1418) | Albanian Zenebishi Family | Ottoman Empire | Defeat
|
Second Scutari War (1419–23) |
Zeta Serbian Despotate (after 1421) Albanian nobility: |
Republic of Venice | Inconclusive
|
Albanian Revolt (1432–36) | Albanian rebels
|
Ottoman Empire | Mixed results
|
Albanian-Ottoman wars (1443–1479) |
1443–44: Kastrioti Family Arianiti Family 1444–46: 1446–50: 1450–51: 1451–54: 1454–56: 1456–68: 1468–78: 1478–79:
Lordship of Zeta ( Siege of Shkodra only) |
1443–44: Ottoman Empire 1444–46: 1446–50: 1450–51: 1451–54: 1454–56: 1456–68: 1468–78: 1478–79: |
Ottoman conquest of Albania halted until 1479
|
Albanian–Venetian War (December 1447 – October 1448) |
League of Lezhë |
Republic of Venice Pro-Venetian Alliance:
|
Victory
|
Skanderbeg's Serbian campaign (1448) |
League of Lezhë | Despotate of Serbia | Victory
|
Ottoman–Venetian War (1463–1479) |
Republic of Venice Papal States League of Lezhë Principality of Zeta Maniots Greek rebels |
Ottoman Empire | Ottoman victory, Treaty of Constantinople (1479) |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
---|---|---|---|
Crnojević-Kastrioti Invasion of Zeta (June 1481) |
Zetan rebels Crnojević family Kastrioti family |
Ottoman Empire | Victory
|
First Süleyman Invasion of Montenegro
(1685) |
Bushati family |
Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro
Support: |
Victory
|
Kosovo campaign of The Holy League (1689) | Holy League | Ottoman empire | Victory
|
Second Süleyman Invasion of Montenegro
(1692) |
Bushati family | Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro | Victory
|
Shkodran Invasion of Ulcinj (1772) |
Pashalik of Scutari | Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro | Victory
|
Shkodran Invasion of Brda (1774) (1774) |
Pashalik of Scutari |
Brda Tribes:
|
Bushati Defeat
|
First Scutari-Berat War | Pashalik of Scutari | Pashalik of Berat | Scutari victory
|
Scutari invasion of Montenegro (1785) | Pashalik of Scutari |
Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro
|
Victory
|
First Scutari-Ottoman War | Pashalik of Scutari | Ottoman Empire | Inconclusive
|
Souliote War (1789–1793) | Pashalik of Yanina | Albanian Souliotes | Souliote Victory |
Shkodran Invasion of Brda (1794) (1794) |
Bushati family | Brda Tribes: | Bushati Defeat |
Second Scutari-Ottoman War
(1795) |
Pashalik of Scutari | Ottoman Empire | Albanian Victory
|
Second Scutari invasion of Montenegro (Early 1796–September 1796) |
Pashalik of Scutari |
Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro
|
Defeat
|
Ali Pasha's Invasion of Butrint
(18–25 October 1798) |
Pashalik of Yanina
|
First French Republic | Victory
|
Ali Pasha's Invasion of the
Pashalik of Berat
(1808) |
Pashalik of Yanina | Pashalik of Berat | Pashalik of Yanina Victory
|
Turco-Egyptian conquest of Sudan (1820–1824) | Egypt Eyalet under Muhammad Ali | Sennar Sultanate Shayqih Kingdom Sultanate of Darfur | Victory
|
Ottoman-Bushati War (March – November 1831) |
Bushati family
Financial Support: |
Ottoman Empire | Defeat
|
First Egyptian–Ottoman War (1831–1833) |
Egypt Eyalet under
Muhammad Ali
Albanian bashi-bazouks |
Ottoman Empire | Victory
|
Second Egyptian–Ottoman War (1839–1841) |
Egypt Eyalet under
Muhammad Ali
Albanian bashi-bazouks |
Ottoman Empire | Mixed results
|
Montenegrin Civil War of 1847 [25] [26] [27] |
Brda Tribes
Crmnica Tribes |
Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro | Defeat
|
League of Prizren Secessionist War (1880–1881) |
League of Prizren |
Ottoman Empire
Support: |
Defeat
|
Greco-Turkish War of 1897 | Ottoman Empire | Greece | Victory |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
---|---|---|---|
Italian invasion of Vlorë (December 1914) | Principality of Albania | Kingdom of Italy | Defeat
|
Austro-Hungarian invasion of Albania (January 1916–April 1916) |
Austro-Hungarian Empire Albanian guerrillas |
Kingdom of Italy Republic of Central Albania |
Austro-Hungarian victory |
Central Power invasion of Albania (December 1915) |
Austro-Hungarian Empire Kingdom of Bulgaria (Until September 1917) Gheg guerrillas Tosk guerrillas Mati Tribesmen |
Republic of Central Albania |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
---|---|---|---|
Koplik War (1920–1921) |
Principality of Albania Albanian Rebels |
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | Victory |
Vlora War (1920) |
Principality of Albania Albanian Rebels |
Kingdom of Italy | Victory |
War in Dibra (1920) [33] | Albanian highlanders |
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Greek volunteers |
Victory
|
Albanian–Yugoslav border war (1921)(1921) | Principality of Albania | Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | Victory
|
Italian invasion of Albania (1939) |
Kingdom of Albania | Kingdom of Italy | Defeat |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
---|---|---|---|
Greco-Italian War (1940–1941) |
Kingdom of Italy |
Kingdom of Greece Air support: British Empire |
Stalemate
|
Invasion of Yugoslavia
(1941) |
Nazi Germany | Yugoslavia | Victory
|
Albanian Resistance of World War II (1939–1944) |
LANÇ Legality Movement Balli Kombëtar (Until 1943) |
Kingdom of Italy (Until 1943)
Nazi Germany (From 1943)
Balli Kombëtar (From 1943) |
Albanian Communist Victory
|
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
---|---|---|---|
Kosovo War (1998-1999) |
KLA | Yugoslavia | Kumanovo Agreement
|
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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.
However, despite winning a major open-field battle against Tocco's forces in 1412, the Albanian allies could not take Jannina
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»
Scanderbeg intended to go "peronalmente" with an army to assist Hunyadi, but was prevented from doing so by Branković, whose lands he ravaged as punishment for the Serbian desertion of the Christian cause.
civil war montenegro 1847.
Re