| Italian invasion of Kosovo | |||||||||
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| Part of the Invasion of Yugoslavia of World War II | |||||||||
 Italian Bersaglieri during the invasion | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Italy Albania |
 Yugoslavia | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Ugo Cavallero Alessandro Pirzio Biroli |
Milan Nedić Ilija Brašić | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
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9th Army |
3rd Army | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||||
The Italian invasion of Kosovo, also called Operation "Marita",[1] was an invasion that took part during the Invasion of Yugoslavia in World War II, when Italian soldiers marched through Kosovo and occupied the region.[2] After the invasion, a conference was held in Vienna (21–24 April 1941)[2] which decided that the majority of Kosovo would have been given to Italian-controlled Albania, including Pristina after the Germans withdrew from taking the city.[3]
- ^ Krzak 2006.
- ^ a b Lorenzo Salimbeni (2008). "L'occupazione italiana del Kosovo nella seconda guerra mondiale" (PDF) (in Italian).
- ^ Malcolm 1998, p. 310–312.