- Title: DEFENCE: Italy invades Albania
- Date: 13th April 1939
- Summary: SLATE INFORMATION: Another Turn of the Axis ENGLAND: London: Westminster: EXT Houses of Parliament / Ministers arriving at Parliament including Anthony Eden (Conservative politician) / Various cars arriving SCOTLAND: Aberdeenshire Forbes Castle: Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, Mrs. Chamberlain, Lord and Lady and Master Forbes & Sir Francis Humphrys posing outside Castle / Chamberlain posing outside castle and turning to enter. ITALY: Brindisi: Italian soldiers boarding boat / Fleet of planes lined up and bombs being loaded onto planes / Warships along at sea and planes flying overhead / Guns on board ships / Flotilla of warships ALBANIA: Tirana: Crowds in square / King Zog, King of Albania and Queen Geraldine / Zog making radio address / People on streets / Various Albanian men, women and children / Italian? troops in Albania LIBYA: Men on horseback with swords / Benito Mussolini (Italian fascist leader) Military - Active; Italy; Albania
- Embargoed: 28th April 1939 13:00
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- Location: ABERDEENSHIRE FORBES CASTLE, SCOTLAND DOWNING ST., ENGLAND
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- Country: United Kingdom
- Topics: International Relations,Defence / Military
- Reuters ID: LVABC4SG73CGWJG8KCHRCDTJDHUA
- Story Text: Italian Good Friday outrage shocks world and causes acute European tension. Italy invade Albania.
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