Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Yayin da Jamus ta haɗu da Austria kuma ta matsa kan Czechoslovakia, Italiya ta ga kanta ta zama memba na biyu na Axis. Haihuwar da ke gabatowa na ɗan sarauta na Albania a halin yanzu yana barazanar ba Sarki Zog daular da za ta dawwama. Bayan da Hitler ya mamaye Czechoslovakia (Maris 15, 1939) ba tare da sanar da Mussolini a gaba ba, mai mulkin kama karya na Italiya ya yanke shawarar ci gaba da haɗa Albaniya da kansa. Sarkin Italiya Victor Emmanuel III ya soki shirin ɗaukar Albania a matsayin haɗarin da ba dole ba. A ranar 7 ga Afrilu, 1939, Italiya ta mamaye Albania
; a cikin wani ɗan gajeren yaƙi, an mamaye ƙasar kuma ta haɗu da Italiya a cikin ƙungiyar mutum.