Friday, March 14, 2014

Key Dates [3]


  • 27th, August 1923: Enrico Tellini, the Italian general, chairman of the Conference of Ambassador was assassinated in Kakavia, the border between Albania and Greece. It was initially suspected that he was killed by Greek nationalists, but with the time some clues released by the Greek official statement that other possible murders could be Albanian bandits.
  • 31st August 1923: Italy invades Corfu, by sending their navies full of soldiers with the orders of staying in Corfu until Greece paid the reparations (the murder of General Enrico Tellini). Mussolini sents a total of 5,000-10,000 troops, 2-3 battleships and 5-6 destroyers, these were some of the military threats they sent to take over Corfu.
  • 27th September 1923: Italian troops leave Corfu, but not by themselves, they have to leave Corfu under the League’s pressure and many other important powers.

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