battle, interwar and Second World War
Battle of Durrës
Battle of Durrës was a battle fought in 1939 at Durrës, in what is now Albania. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Durrës. It was part of World War II, which ran from 1939 to 1945. The recorded result: Italian victory.
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Where it sits in World War II
Record
| Date | 1939 (year precision) | |
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| Place | Durrës, Albania 41.313N, 19.446E | |
| Kind | Battle, interwar and Second World War | |
| Territorial change | Italian occupation of Durrës and surroundings | |
| Strength | 4,700 troops; 4 cruisers; 4 destroyers; 4 torpedo boats; 10 transport and auxiliary ships | 500 troops; 4 patrol boats; 1 coastal battery |
| Casualties and losses | 25 killed and 97 wounded, 400 casualties (Albanian claim) | 51 killed; 4 patrol boats captured; 1 coastal battery captured |
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Nearest engagements
- Battle of Dyrrhachium 48 BC, 0.5 km NE
- Siege of Dyrrhachium 1107, 1.5 km NE
- Battle of Dyrrhachium 1018, 1.5 km NE
- Battle of Dyrrhachium 1081, 4.8 km E
- Battle of Durazzo 1915, 10.0 km W
In the same war
- Before: Adriatic Campaign of World War II 1939
- After: 1939 Invasion of Poland 1939
- All 1155 engagements of World War II
Elsewhere in 1939
- Battles of Khalkhin Gol Mongolia
- Gleiwitz incident Poland
- Italian invasion of Albania Albania
- Battle of Suomussalmi Finland
- Battle of Changsha People's Republic of China
Battle of Durrës is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 62 in present-day Albania.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q48779976, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Durrës (1939), revision 1370861311, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.