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vakapinda Albania. Nhengo dzehurumende yechiFascist yeItaly dzakadai saVaGaleazzo Ciano vakatevera hurumende yeAlbania nechinangwa chekuti yaizowana rutsigiro rwevaItaly pakati pevaAlbania ukuwo ichienderana nezvinangwa zvehondo zveItaly zvekukunda kweBalkan. Kubatanidzwa kweItaly kweKosovo kuAlbania kwaionekwa sechiito chakakurumbira nevaAlbania venzvimbo mbiri idzi uye pakutanga maAlbania eKosovo akatsigira maAxis mauto eItaly. Kumadokero kweNorth Macedonia kwakabatanidzwawo neAxis Italy kunzvimbo yavo yekudzivirira yeAlbania ichigadzira Greater Albania pasi pekutonga kweItaly. Nhengo dzevaridzi venyika, verudzi vakaramba chiKomonisiti pamwe nemamwe mapoka evanhu vakaumba sangano reBalli Kombëtar uye hurumende yekudyidzana pasi pevaItaly avo vese sevanhu vemarudzi vaitsvaga kuchengetedza Greater Albania. Nepo vaItaly vakaratidza kunetsekana kwakawedzera pamusoro pekuvapa simba kwavari. Nekufamba kwenguva kutonga kweItaly kwakave kusingadiwe nezvikamu zvevagari veAlbania senge vakangwara, vadzidzi, mamwe mapoka ehunyanzvi uye vagari vemumaguta izvo zvakagadzirazve nyika yeAlbania iri kubuda yakasimudzirwa mukati memakore eZog.