Albania declared its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1912, but was conquered by Italy in 1939. Communist partisans took over the country in 1944. Albania allied itself first with the USSR (unt READ MORE https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world...
Albanian History
Origins
The Illyrians
The Roman Empire
The Byzantine Empire
The Ottoman Empire
The Rise of Nationalism
Independent Albania
World War II
Socialist Albania
Collapse of Communi READ MORE http://www.albanian.com/information/history/index....
