Albania during the Balkan Wars
| Albania during the Balkan Wars | ||||||||
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| Part of Balkan Wars | ||||||||
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| Belligerents | ||||||||
Non combat support: Austro-Hungarian Empire | Ottoman Empire | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | ||||||||
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Ismail Qemali Hasan Prishtina Isa Boletini Idriz Seferi Azem Galica Çerçiz Topulli |
Peter I Nicholas I George I Božidar Janković | Mehmed V | ||||||
| Strength | ||||||||
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As many as 63,000 | Over 100,000 soldiers | Over 50,000 soldiers | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | ||||||||
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Up to 100,000 killed or died inside of Albania and over 120,000 killed in total 60,000–300,000 expelled (by 1914) | ||||||||
| History of Albania |
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Independent Albania was proclaimed on 28 November 1912. This chapter of Albanian history was shrouded in controversy and conflict as the larger part of the self-proclaimed region had found itself controlled by the Balkan League states: Serbia, Montenegro and Greece from the time of the declaration until the period of recognition when Albania relinquished many of the lands originally included in the declared state. Since the proclamation of the state in November 1912, the Provisional Government of Albania asserted its control over a small part of central Albania including the important cities of Vlorë and Berat.