Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Sezvo Germany yakanga ichipinda muCzechoslovakia, Mussolini akasarudza kuperekedza kudenha ikoko nokupinda kwake amene muAlbania
. Albania yakanga yava nenguva yakareba ichidzorwa neItaly mune zvematongerwe enyika uye vakuru vakuru vayo vemauto vakawanda vakanga vari vokuItaly. Mambo weAlbania Zog akanga ane chikwereti chakakomba uye aida rubatsiro kubva kuItaly, saka Mussolini akatumira gurukota rezvekunze Gian Galeazzo Ciano kwaari nerondedzero yezvaidiwa, izvo Ciano akarondedzera sezvisingabviri kugamuchira. Apo Mambo Zog akaramba, Mussolini akati aifanira kugamuchira zvaidiwa na7 April 1939, kana kuti Italy yaizopinda. Vapambi vakanga vatosvika kuti vapinde musasa nguva iyoyo isati yasvika. General Alfredo Guzzoni akatungamirira mapoka maviri eBersaglieri neboka rematangi mukupinda, uko kushorwa kwaive kuduku, kunyange zvazvo zvinetso zvakasiyana-siyana zvesangano muuto reItaly zvakazviratidza. Mambo Zog akatiza nyika achienda kuGreece, akapiwa hupoteri muAthens uye pakupedzisira akasvika kuLondon. Musi waApril 12, paramende yeAlbania yakavhotera kubatanidza nyika yavo neItaly, ichipa Victor Emmanuel III korona yeAlbania.