Skanderbeg 's Macedonian campaign was a preemptive campaign Military_operation into the Ottoman Empire in Macedonia by Skanderbeg to defeat Conquering three Ottoman armies which had been prepared GetReady for the joint-invasion of Albania .

Skanderbeg 's Macedonian campaign was a preemptive campaign Military_operation into the Ottoman Empire in Macedonia by Skanderbeg to defeat Conquering three Ottoman armies which had been prepared GetReady for the joint-invasion of Albania .

From 1461 to 1462 , Skanderbeg campaigned Military_operation in Italy to protect Defending his ally , Ferdinand I , from being overrun by the Angevin dynasty which claimed Statement the Kingdom of Naples .

Before setting out Departing for Italy , Skanderbeg forged a truce Process_end with Sultan Mehmed II .

Mehmed saw an opportunity to attack Attack Skanderbeg and sent Sending three armies in one year .

All three were defeated Conquering by Skanderbeg , however , in August 1462 making it Causation the first time that he would win Earnings_and_losses three battles Hostile_encounter against the Ottomans in one month .

In 1452 , the newly acceded Agree_or_refuse_to_act Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II ordered Request his first campaign against Skanderbeg , the chief of the League of Lezhë .

Albania at the time was suffering Bodily_harm a crisis of power as Skanderbeg , the chief of the League of Lezhë , became Becoming a vassal of Alfonso the Magnanimous , the king of Aragon .

Worried about another growing Expansion adversary in the Venetian Gulf , the Republic of Venice tried Change to turn Skanderbeg 's allies against him in order to weaken Alfonso 's influence .

Skanderbeg , knowing Know the impetuous nature of the new Sultan and the effect it would have if his army were not immediately defeated Conquering , acted quickly .

As soon as the Ottoman army was split Destroying into two separate forces , Skanderbeg attacked Attack and defeated Conquering both Hamza and Tahip .

Soon thereafter , Skanderbeg cajoled Convincing his former Venetian adversaries into easing Cure Albanian-Venetic relations .

Calculating that he would need more than 40,000 men to defeat Conquering the Ottomans , the Hungarian regent sought to join Becoming_a_member up with anti-Ottoman Albanian forces Motion , possibly led by Skanderbeg .

The Second Battle Hostile_encounter of Mokra occurred Coming_to_be on July 7 , 1462 , right before Skanderbeg 's Macedonian campaign Military_operation .

Skanderbeg had been prepared GetReady and moved Motion towards the Albanian frontier .

The armies came Arriving near Mokra where Skanderbeg had positioned Placing his forces on a mountain dominating Control the landscape .

Skanderbeg then raided Attack Macedonia and split up the loot Robbery with his men .

The Axis order Request of battle Hostile_encounter against the Bulgarians and Yugoslavs in this operation Military_operation comprised Cause_to_be_included some 17,000 men including the Kampfgruppe `` Langer '' with three infantry companies , one artillery battery and one platoon of tanks , Kampfgruppe `` Bredow '' with six infantry battalions , three artillery battalions and 10 tanks ) , Kampfgruppe `` Skanderbeg '' with about 7,000 men of Waffen-SS August Schmidhuber 's 21st Mountain Division `` Skanderbeg '' and about 4,000 German navy personnel making their way to the north from Greece .

The Axis order Request of battle Hostile_encounter against the Bulgarians and Yugoslavs in this operation Military_operation comprised Cause_to_be_included some 17,000 men including the Kampfgruppe `` Langer '' with three infantry companies , one artillery battery and one platoon of tanks , Kampfgruppe `` Bredow '' with six infantry battalions , three artillery battalions and 10 tanks ) , Kampfgruppe `` Skanderbeg '' with about 7,000 men of Waffen-SS August Schmidhuber 's 21st Mountain Division `` Skanderbeg '' and about 4,000 German navy personnel making their way to the north from Greece .

The Albanian nationalist forces and the 21st Waffen Mountain Division SS `` Skanderbeg '' served Assistance as the rearguard for the Wehrmacht 's retreat Escaping , helping Assistance the Germans successfully withdraw Escaping large forces from Greece and Albania .

The SS Skanderbeg was extensively utilised Using by the Germans , advancing Cause_to_make_progress into the mountains and engaging Action Partisan troops on a daily basis , to cover Preventing_or_letting the flanks of the Wehrmacht .

As the offensive Attack against the Germans drove Bringing into full swing Self_motion the SS `` Skanderbeg '' was issued with orders Request to increase Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale repression of the Partisan forces Hostile_encounter and any sympathisers .

The Albanian–Venetian War Military_operation of 1447–48 was waged between Venetian and Ottoman forces Causation against the Albanians under George Kastrioti Skanderbeg .

Skanderbeg , then ally of the Dukagjini family , moved Self_motion against several Venetian held Defending towns along the Albanian coastline , in order to pressure Convincing the Venetians into restoring Recovering Dagnum .

At that time the Ottomans were already besieging Besieging the fortress of Svetigrad , stretching Skanderbeg 's efforts thin .

After the Albanian–Venetian War Military_operation of 1447–1448 , Venice did not seriously challenge Confronting_problem Skanderbeg or the League , allowing Preventing_or_letting Skanderbeg to focus his campaigns Military_operation against the Ottoman Empire .

After the Albanian–Venetian War Military_operation of 1447–1448 , Venice did not seriously challenge Confronting_problem Skanderbeg or the League , allowing Preventing_or_letting Skanderbeg to focus his campaigns Military_operation against the Ottoman Empire .