Battle of Ponte Perati
| Battle of Ponte Perati | |||||||||
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| Part of Italian second spring offensive, Greco-Italian War, Greek invasion of Albania (1941) and Battle of Greece | |||||||||
Italian horse at the battle site of Ponte Perati, during the Second World War | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Cham Albanians |
Kingdom of Greece Supported by British Empire Yugoslavia | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Ugo Cavallero Carlo Geloso Giovanni Messe |
Alexandros Papagos Georgios Tsolakoglou Ioannis Pitsikas | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
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11th Army 9th Army |
8th Infantry Division Western Army | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| Unknown but large | 150,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown but large |
500–1000 Greeks killed 1000 Greeks captured | ||||||||
| The Greeks had lost the greater part of fourteen divisions in the fighting at Perati Bridge. | |||||||||
The Battle of Ponte Perati (19–22 April 1941), popularly known as Highway of Death, took place near Perati Bridge in the Albania-Greek border during the Italian Second Spring Offensive under the Italian commander-in-chief in Albania, General Ugo Cavallero.