Albanian front

E107258

The Albanian front was the mountainous Balkan theater of World War II where Italian and later German forces clashed with Greek and Allied troops during the Greco-Italian War.

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military front ⓘ
theater of war ⓘ
belligerent Allied forces ⓘ
Axis powers ⓘ
Kingdom of Greece ⓘ
Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Commonwealth nations ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedIn Albania ⓘ
Balkans ⓘ
notableFeature difficult mountain logistics ⓘ
harsh winter conditions ⓘ
partOf Balkan theater of World War II ⓘ
partOfConflict Greco-Italian War ⓘ
relatedEvent German invasion of Greece ⓘ
Italian invasion of Greece ⓘ
result Italian offensive repulsed by Greek forces ⓘ
subsequent German intervention in Balkans ⓘ
startTime 1940-10-28 ⓘ
strategicImportance access to Greece ⓘ
control of Balkans ⓘ
terrainType mountainous ⓘ
timePeriod early 1940s ⓘ
usedBy German Wehrmacht ⓘ
linked to: Wehrmacht

Hellenic Army ⓘ
linked to: Greek Army

Italian Army ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Italian invasion of Greece → front → Albanian front ⓘ
Italian invasion of Yugoslavia → front → Albanian front ⓘ
Spring Offensive in Albania → front → Albanian front ⓘ
Battle of Saranda → front → Albanian front of the Greco-Italian War ⓘ
linked to: Albanian front