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- The Bulgarian army occupied Elbasan on January 29, 1916, during Bulgarian occupation of Albania In March 1916 the army of Austria-Hungary took over control of Elbasan From June 1916 to March 1917 Stanislav Kostka Neumann fought with the Austrian army there and called his war memoirs about the occupation in Elbasan.
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The 100th Jäger Division occupied Elbasan and Struga, and its 92nd Motorized Regiment controlled the territory between Tepelenë and Vlorë. The 297th Infantry Division successfully reached Prishtina and Prizren as planned. On the following day, German forces captured Pogradec, Tirana, Durrës, and Kukës.
- 9th of September - 11th of September 1943
- Albania
Elbasan, town, central Albania. It lies on the north bank of the Shkumbin River, in the highlands at the eastern end of a fertile, well-watered plain. It was founded in 1466 by the Ottoman sultan Mehmed II, on the site of ancient Scampis, as a base for his military operations against the Albanian
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The 100th Jäger Division occupied Elbasan and Struga, and its 92nd Motorized Regiment controlled the territory between Tepelenë and Vlorë. The 297th Infantry Division successfully reached Prishtina and Prizren as planned. On the following day, German forces captured Pogradec, Tirana, Durrës, and Kukës.
Minister of War Alexander Krobatin (1849-1933) and Chief of the General Staff, Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (1852-1925), insisted on the permanent occupation of the area of Mačva and Belgrade. However, permanent occupation was tabled as an option in discussions at the end of July.
During First Balkan War, it was occupied by Serbian troops on 29 November 1912. They withdrew from Elbasan on 25 October 1913 due to United Kingdom and Austria Hungary's ultimatum. The Muslim majority of Elbasan opposed the installation of Prince Wied in 1914.
In the Golan Heights there is another area occupied by Israel, namely the Shebaa farms. Syria and Lebanon have claimed that the farms belong to Lebanon and in 2007 a UN cartographer came to the conclusion that the Shebaa farms do actually belong to Lebanon (contrary to the belief held by Israel).
