Albanian Kingdom, 1941
1939 Italian forces had taken control of Albania and made their king, Vittorio Emmanuele III, the ruler of the country. In 1941 the German army invaded Yugoslavia and occupied Kosovo within a week. On 21 April 1941, it was agreed between the German and Italian governments that the most significant part of this Albanian-inhabited territory should be put under Italian control and joined to Albania. This was formalised in July and, by decree in October 1941, all inhabitants of Italian-occupied Kosovo became Albanian citizens.