On April 2nd, 1939, Benito Mussolini presented to the king Zog I, a project by which was required that the Italian troops, should disembark in 4 major ports of the Albania and controlled the strategic roods, airfields and the strategic border points, that in Albania will be placed the Italian colonies with the rights of Albanian citizens, to accomplish the customs union, and the generals secretary of ministries should be Italian. As a counterproposal King Zogu, requested the conclusion of a military convention that practically provided the occupation of the country. The Dissatisfied, the fascist rulers of Rome, presented to the Albanian Government the ultimatum, which provided the aggression of April 7th.
You may also like
-
1 April 1258, the despot Mihal of Epirus gives Burtinti and the Albanian coast, as a dowry for the marriage of the son of the German Emperor
-
1 April 1835, died Bartolomeo Pino, the Italian sculptor and painter
-
1 April 1933, the Italy stopped Tirana’s payment of loan installment; the country was plunged in crisis
-
1 April 1929, entered in force the first Penal Code in Albania
-
1 April 1967, began the action for the construction of the road in the Great Highland