Adriatic Campaign of World War II The Adriatic Campaign of World
War II was a minor naval campaign fought during World War II
between the Greek, Yugoslavian and Italian navies, the
Kriegsmarine, and the Mediterranean squadrons of the United
Kingdom, France, and the Yugoslav Partisan naval forces.
Considered a not important part of the naval warfare of World
War II, it nonetheless saw interesting developments, given the
specificity of the Dalmatian coastline. Prelude — Italian
invasion of Albania  On April 7, 1939, Mussolini's troops
occupied Albania, overthrew Zog, and annexed the country to the
Italian Empire. Naval operations in the Adriatic consisted
mostly of transport organisation through the ports of Taranto.
Greco-Italian War  The Greco-Italian War lasted from 28 October
1940-30 April 1941 and was part of World War II. Italian forces
invaded Greece and made limited gains. At the outbreak of
hostilities, the Royal Hellenic Navy was composed of the old
cruiser Georgios Averof, 10 destroyers (four old The