Italian invasion of Kosovo
| 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 | |||||||||
| Yugoslavia | |||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Ugo Cavallero Alessandro Pirzio Biroli |
Milan Nedić Ilija Brašić | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
| 3rd Army | |||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||||
The Italian invasion of Kosovo, also called Operation "Marita", 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. After the invasion, a conference was held in Vienna (21–24 April 1941) 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.