Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Pasinei nokudzivirirwa kweAlbania kwenguva refu uye kubatana neItaly, musi wa7 April 1939 mauto eItaly akapinda muAlbania
, mwedzi mishanu Hondo Yenyika II isati yatanga. Kurwisa kwechiAlbania kwakava kusina maturo mukurwisana navaItaly uye, pashure pokudzivirira kwenguva pfupi, nyika yacho yakatorwa. Pana 9 April 1939 mambo weAlbania, Zog I akatizira kuGreece. Kunyange zvazvo Albania yakanga yave iri "de facto" inodzivirira yeItaly kubvira 1927, mutungamiri wezvematongerwo enyika weItaly, Benito Mussolini aida kutonga zvakananga pamusoro penyika kuti awedzere mukurumbira wake neItaly, kupa mhinduro kuGermany kubatanidzwa kweAustria nekugara kweCzechoslovakia, uye kuva nekutonga kwakasimba pamusoro peAlbania kuti igadzire mauto makuru emauto eItaly nokuda kwemabasa emangwana anosanganisira Yugoslavia neGreece.