Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1928, sabon tsarin Fascist a Italiya ya yi ƙoƙarin ƙara tasiri da iko a cikin Albania, kuma an aika Janar Alberto Pariani a matsayin "mai ba da shawara" na soja. Firayim Ministan Albania Ahmed Zog ya kauce wa aikin soja na Italiya kuma ya nada kansa a matsayin Shugaban Babban Jami'in. A shekara mai zuwa, Zog ya sanya kansa Sarkin Albania, kuma von Myrdacz nan da nan aka amince da shi a matsayin shugaban ma'aikata na Royal Albanian Army. Ya dace da Zog da kuma 'yan Albaniyan su horar da sojojin su ta hanyar mutumin da ya yi yaƙi da Italiya. Italiya ta mamaye Albania
a ranar 7 ga Afrilu 1939, lokacin da von Myrdaczy da sauran manyan jami'an Albania ba su halarta ba. Zog ya tsere zuwa Girka, ya bar ƙasar ba tare da kariya ba, kuma Albania ta mamaye cikin kwanaki uku ba tare da wani juriya ba.