Pushtimi italian i Shqipërisë: Dallime mes rishikimesh

On April 12, the Albanian parliament voted to depose Zog and unite the nation with Italy "in personal union" by offering the Albanian crown to Victor Emmanuel III.<ref>Fischer, B. J: ''Albania at War, 1939-1945'', page 36. Hurst, 1999</ref> The parliament elected Albania's largest landowner, [[Shefqet Bej Verlaci]], as Prime Minister. Verlaci additionally served as head of state for five days until Victor Emmanuel III formally accepted the Albanian crown in a ceremony at the [[Quirinale]] palace in Rome. [[Victor Emmanuel III]] appointed [[Francesco Jacomoni di San Savino]], a former ambassador to Albania, to represent him in Albania as "Lieutenant-General of the King" (effectively a [[viceroy]]).

 

{{Main|Albanian Kingdom (1939–1943)|Albanian Resistance of World War II}}

{{See also|Democratic Government of Albania}}