Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 7 ga Afrilu 1939, watanni biyar kafin barkewar Yaƙin Duniya na II, Masarautar Italiya ta mamaye
Albaniya ce. An mamaye ƙasar cikin kwanaki biyar, kuma Sarkin Italiya Victor Emmanuel III ya karɓi rawanin da Majalisar Albania ta ba shi. An haɗa Sojojin Albaniya na Royal a cikin Sojojin Italiya na Royal kuma an nada mataimakin sarki don gudanar da ƙasar a matsayin mai karewa. Bayan mamayewar Axis na Yugoslavia a ranar 6 ga Afrilu 1941, an fadada Albania ta Italiya don haɗawa da sassan da ke makwabtaka da Masarautar Yugoslavia da aka haɗa musamman daga Yugoslav "banovinas" (ƙananan yanki) na Vardar da Morava. An haɗa yawancin Kosovo da Albania, kuma da farko, 'yan Albania da suke zaune a wurin sun yi maraba da mamayar Italiya da farin ciki. Wasu 'yan Albania na Kosovo har sun ce 'yan Albania "Aryans ne da suka fito daga Illyria". Ko da yake a karkashin mulkin Italiya, an ba da Albanians a Kosovo ikon yankin kuma an karfafa su su bude makarantun Albanian, wanda gwamnatin Yugoslavia ta haramta. Hakanan Italiyanci sun ba mazaunan Albaniya zama ɗan ƙasa kuma sun ba su izinin ɗaga tutar Albania. Sojojin Italiya na Royal sun kori mafi yawan Serbs da Montenegrins da suka zauna a Kosovo a lokacin yakin basasa. Kosovo Albanians sun raina Serbs saboda zalunci da suka fuskanta a hannunsu a lokacin Balkan Wars, Yaƙin Duniya na I, da kuma karkashin mulkin Yugoslavia. Sun yi amfani da yanayin da suka canza, suka kai wa maƙwabtansu na Serbia hari, kuma suka ƙone gidajen kusan 30,000 na Serbia da Montenegro.