Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Yayin da Jamus ke mamaye Czechoslovakia, Mussolini ya yanke shawarar rakiyar wannan mamayewa tare da mamaye kansa na Albania
Ka yi haƙuri. Albania ta daɗe tana mulkin siyasa ta Italiya kuma da yawa daga cikin jami'anta na soja 'yan Italiya ne. Sarki Zog na Albania yana cikin bashi mai tsanani kuma yana son taimako daga Italiya, don haka Mussolini ya aika da ministan harkokin waje Gian Galeazzo Ciano zuwa gare shi tare da jerin buƙatun, wanda Ciano ya bayyana cewa ba zai yiwu a karɓa ba. Da zarar Sarki Zog ya ƙi, Mussolini ya ce dole ne ya yarda da buƙatun kafin 7 ga Afrilu 1939, ko kuma Italiya za ta mamaye. Masu mamaye sun riga sun sauka don mamayewa kafin wannan lokacin. Janar Alfredo Guzzoni ya jagoranci rundunonin Bersaglieri guda biyu tare da bataliya na tankuna a cikin mamayewar, inda juriya ba ta da yawa, kodayake matsaloli daban-daban na ƙungiya a cikin sojojin Italiya sun nuna kansu. Sarki Zog ya tsere daga kasar zuwa Girka, an ba shi mafaka a Athens kuma daga karshe ya isa London. A ranar 12 ga Afrilu, majalisar dokokin Albania ta kada kuri'ar hada kasarsu da Italiya, ta baiwa Victor Emmanuel III kambin Albania.