Corfu incident
1923 Greek–Italian military crisis / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Corfu incident (Greek: κατάληψη της Κέρκυρας, romanized: Katalipsi tis Kerkyras, Italian: crisi di Corfù) was a 1923 diplomatic and military crisis between Greece and Italy. It was triggered when Enrico Tellini, an Italian general heading a commission to resolve a border dispute between Albania and Greece, was murdered in Greek territory along with two other officers of his staff. In response, Benito Mussolini issued an ultimatum to Greece and, when it was not accepted in whole, dispatched forces to bombard and occupy Corfu. Mussolini defied the League of Nations and stated Italy would leave if it arbitrated in the crisis, and the Conference of Ambassadors instead eventually tendered an agreement favouring Italy. This was an early demonstration of the League's weakness when dealing with larger powers.
Corfu incident of 1923 | |||||||
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Part of the interwar period | |||||||
Corfu, one of the Ionian Islands | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Italy Diplomatic Support: Albania[1] | Greece | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Benito Mussolini Emilio Solari | Stylianos Gonatas | ||||||
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
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16 civilians killed, 30 wounded and 2 amputated (per Greek sources)[11] 20 civilians killed and 32 wounded (reported)[3][12] | ||||||