Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mutungamiriri wehurumende yeAlbania uye purezidhendi Ahmet Zogu, uyo, muna 1928, akazvizivisa amene kuva Mambo weAlbania, akakundikana kuumba nyika yakatsiga. Nzanga yeAlbania yakanga yakakamurwa zvikuru norudzidziso norurimi, negakava rapamuganhu neGirisi uye upfumi hwomumaruwa husina kukura. Muna 1939, kuItaly
vakapinda ndokupinza Albania samambo akaparadzana mubatanidzwa womunhu oga nekorona yeItaly. Italy yakanga yava nenguva yakareba yakavaka ukama hwakasimba nevatungamiriri veAlbania uye yakafunga zvakasimba kuti yaiva munharaunda yayo yesimba. Mussolini aida kubudirira kunoshamisa pamusoro pomuvakidzani muduku kuti aenzane nokubatanidzwa kweGermany kweAustria neCzechoslovakia. Mambo weItaly Victor Emmanuel III akatora korona yeAlbania, uye hurumende yechiFascist pasi paShefqet Vërlaci yakagadzwa.