Battle of Trebeshina

Battle of Trebeshina
Part of the Greco-Italian War

Greek offensive 1940–1941 in Northern Epirus
Date29 January – 17 February 1941
(2 weeks and 5 days)
Location
Mount Trebeshinë, Albania
40°20′32″N 20°06′19″E / 40.34222°N 20.10528°E / 40.34222; 20.10528
Result Greek victory
Belligerents
 Greece  Italy
Commanders and leaders
Dimitrios Papadopoulos Carlo Rossi
Strength
6th Infantry Regiment
5th Cretan Division		 Unknown
Casualties and losses
5,776 (Cretan Division)

The Battle of Trebeshina (Greek: Μάχη της Τρεμπεσίνας) or the Battle of Mal Trebeshinë was a series of engagements fought between the Greek and Italian armies in southeastern Albania during the Greco-Italian War. The twenty-day battle was fought on the strategic heights that make up the 26-kilometre-long (16 mi) Trebeshinë mountain range, notably Height 1923.

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