page_title: Liberation of Serbia, Albania and Montenegro (1918)
section_title: Liberation of Serbia, Albania and Montenegro
hierarchical_section_title: Liberation of Serbia, Albania and Montenegro (1918) / Liberation of Serbia, Albania and Montenegro
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context_page_description: The Liberation of Serbia, Albania and Montenegro was a military action in the Balkans in the final weeks of World War I. Between 29 September and 11 November 1918, the Allied Army of the Orient liberated these three countries from occupation by the Central Powers.
context_section_description: The Allied forces advanced in four directions.
  In the center, the 1st Serbian Army under Petar Bojovic and part of the French Armée d'Orient under Paul Prosper Henrys advanced north. German forces failed to regroup and block this advance at Niš. Vranje was liberated on 5 October, Niš on 11 October and Belgrade on 1 November. Here, the Serbian Army halted, as the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs, or Yugoslavia, was proclaimed on 29 October 1918 amid the imminent collapse of Austria-Hungary.
  The 2nd Serbian Army under Stepa Stepanovic, with French forces, advanced northwest towards Kosovo. Pristina was liberated by the 11th French Colonial Division on 10 October, and Peć on 17 October. By 3 November, the border with Bosnia-Hercegovina was reached.
  Colonel Dragutin Milutinović led a Serbian force, the "Scutari Troops" (later "Adriatic Troops"), northwest through Albania aiming to liberate Montenegro. This force arrived in Podgorica on 31 October to find Montenegro already liberated by local paramilitary forces. After a last skirmish, the Austro-Hungarian occupation force evacuated Montenegro on November 4.
  In Albania, the Austro-Hungarian XIX Corps under Karl von Pflanzer-Baltin withdrew by land to avoid encirclement. The Entente had firm control of the Adriatic Sea, as shown by the Allied bombing of Durrës on 2 October. The Italian 16th Army corps (CSIO) and the French 57th division advanced northward, liberating Berat on 1 October, Durrës on 16 October, and Shkodër on 30 October. From the east the French 11th Colonial Division, 30th Division, Italian 35th Division and Greek 3rd and 4th Divisions entered Albania, liberating Elbasan on 8 October. Having reached Kotor, Austro-Hungarian forces surrendered on 3 November.
caption: Liberation of Albania (1918)
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