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	Skanderbeg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Skanderbeg fought a guerrilla war against the opposing armies by using the mountainous terrain to his advantage.
		During this conflict, Skanderbeg fell ill with malaria in the Venetian-controlled city of Lezhë, and died on January 17, 1468, just as the army under the leadership of Leke Dukagjini defeated the Ottoman force in Shkodër.
		Skanderbeg's struggle against the Ottoman Empire became highly significant to the Albanian people, as it strengthened their solidarity, made them more conscious of their national identity, and served later as a great source of inspiration in their struggle for national unity, freedom, and independence.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Skanderbeg (3137 words)

	Gjergj Kastriot Skanderbeg Info - Encyclopedia WikiWhat.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In 1443, Skanderbeg saw his opportunity during the battle against the Hungarians led by Hunyadi in Nish (in present day Serbia).
		Skanderbeg's military successes evoked a good deal of interest and admiration of the Papal States, Venice and Naples, themselves threatened by the growing Ottoman power across the Adriatic.
		Skanderbeg's posthumous renown was by no means confined to his own country.
	www.wikiwhat.com /encyclopedia/g/gj/gjergj_kastriot_skanderbeg.html (920 words)

	Battle of Ujebardha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Skanderbeg and his forces had allegedly been hindered in his planned assistance of the Hungarian army, and never arrived at the battle, but it is doubtful it would have made much difference due to the size of the Ottoman force.
		As it was, Ujebardha bought Skanderbeg and Italy some time, which was to materialize in a three year armistice between Mehmed II and Skanderbeg in 1460.
		In 1461 Skanderbeg started his campaign in Italy to protect his ally, King Ferdinand I of Naples, in his struggle to retain his throne from the contender house of Anjou.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ujebardha (1322 words)

	SEDA - Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		On his father’s death, Skanderbeg expected to succeed him at the head of the principality of Kastriots; instead, he was appointed to serve the empire away from his native land.
		Skanderbeg was declared “Chief of the independent principality of Kastriots with Krujë as its capital”.
		Skanderbeg’s abilities as a distinguished commander were appreciated by a number of eminent dignitaries in Europe.
	www.seda.org.al /ACH/ottoman.htm (1585 words)

	Untitled Document
		Distinguishing himself in these campaigns, Skanderbeg was promoted to the rank of General, and later Sultan Murat II elevated him to the position of General Governor of the Central Albanian Provinces.
		Skanderbeg united the Albanian principalities in 1444 and, deploying forces that rarely exceeded 20,000 in strength, fought off and defeated the Ottoman Army over the next 25 years.
		Skanderbeg’s name is celebrated, not only in Albania, but in other parts of Europe as well.
	www.internationalspecialreports.com /europe/albania/skanderbeg.html (409 words)

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		In Jun,1944, The Skanderbeg Waffen SS Mountain Division engaged in large-scale field maneuvers in the area between the towns of Berane and Adrijevica in Monte Negro (Crna Gora).
		The Skanderbeg division engaged in a policy of ethnic cleansing and genocide against the Serbian Orthodox Christian populations of the regions under occupation by the division in Kosovo Metohija, Montenegro, and southern Serbia.
		The Skanderbeg Division engaged in a policy of ethnic cleansing and genocide against the Serbian Orthodox population of the regions under occupation by the division in Kosovo-Metohija, Montenegro, and Macedonia.
	www.pogledi.co.yu /galerija/skenderbeg/index.php (5045 words)

	Skanderbeg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The english language is a west germanic language that originated in england from old english (anglo-saxon), the language of the anglo-saxons of northern...
		Skanderbeg soon switched sides and came back to his native land to successfully defend Albania against the Ottoman Empire until the time of his death.
		Christianity is an abrahamic religion based on the life, teachings, death by crucifixion, and resurrection of jesus of nazareth as described in the...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sk/skanderbeg.htm (3634 words)

	Albania
		In 1444, Skanderbeg managed to unite under his command all Albanian princes gathered in the town of Lezha, and formed the League of Lezha to fight against the Turks.
		Skanderbeg died in 1468 and Kruja was eventually seized on 16 June 1478.
		Skanderbeg's helmet already appeared on Albanian flags during the monarchic period.
	www.fotw.net /flags/al.html (1181 words)

	con5.htm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Skanderbeg at once arranged to make an agreement with the Turks so as not to leave his state without defense and his subjects exposed to their inroads, sack and plunder.
		As proof of the rudeness in the hearts of the baronial conspirators against Skanderbeg and his Albanese, here is a letter full of distortions that the Prince of Taranto wrote to Skanderbeg; and the dignified answer given by the Albanese hero.
		Skanderbeg died in 1467 and was buried in the S. NicoloÕ Church in Alessio.
	members.aol.com /rhvara/con5.htm (2981 words)

	Migration to Italy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In 1461 Skanderbeg landed at Brindisi, with five-thousand Albanian soldiers under his command, and raised the siege of Barletta where Ferdinand was entrapped by the Franco-Italian armies of Giovanni D'Angiò.
		Skanderbeg himself was awarded large tracts of land in Foggia near S. Giovanni Rotondo, including the title to the village of Troia as a future "haven" where his family could flee should the Turks overrun Albania.
		The Albanian leader Skanderbeg moved to the coastal city of Lezhë for safety but, was bitten by a malarial mosquito from a nearby swamp and died of a fever there in January of 1468.
	www.aacl.com /migration_to_italy.htm (1324 words)

	Albanian identities
		Skanderbeg punished the hesitant princes, deprived them of their possessions, and granted feuds to officers and soldiers, who had distinguished themselves, thus forming a new military aristocracy.
		On 7 September Skanderbeg attacked by surprise and, employing his unsurpassed art of war, inflicted heavy casualties on the Ottoman troops, who had been too confident in their own victory and safety.
		Skanderbeg crossed into Italy in August 1461 with 1,000 cavalry and 2,000 infantry, dispersed Ferdinand's enemies and stabilised his throne, after which he returned to Albania, having done with credit his duty to Ferdinand's father - Philip of Aragon.
	www.omda.bg /imir/studies/alban_id10.html (592 words)

	History Alive -> For those having questions about my name! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Gjergj Kastrioti (1405—January 17, 1468), better known as Skanderbeg, was an Albanian who united his people and resisted the expanding Ottoman Empire for 25 years and is today considered a national hero of Albania.
		It is because of Skanderbeg's 25 year defiance of the Ottoman Empire that perserved Christianity in Albania to this day.
		The first test between the Ottoman Sultan and Skanderbeg came in 1455 during the Siege of Berat, where the former defeated the latter by decimating the Albanian army and leaving five-thousand dead in the field of battle, some 40-50% of all Albanian mobile forces.
	s3.invisionfree.com /History_Alive/index.php?showtopic=370 (2321 words)

	Kosovo’s Albanian Nazi Past: The Untold Story \| Carl Savich \| Columns \| Serbianna.com
		On July 28, 1944, the Skanderbeg SS Division and the 7th Prinz Eugen SS Division attacked the village of Velika in the Lim valley.
		Skanderbeg and Prinz Eugen were alleged to have massacred 428 Serbs of which 120 were children and burned down 300 Serbian houses.
		Prinz Eugen and Skanderbeg were part of the 5th SS Corps of 2nd Panzer Army, commanded by Lothar Rendulic, which was part of Army Group F. In an attack on the village of Velika in the Lim valley, Kosovar Albanian troops in the Skanderbeg SS Division murdered Serbian civilians, women, and children.
	www.serbianna.com /columns/savich/054.shtml (11018 words)

	Nazi-Created Albanian Security Forces in Kosovo during World War II \| Carl Savich \| Columns \| Serbianna.com
		The Skanderbeg Division thus engaged in the genocide of Kosovo Serbs.
		In Kosovo, the Skanderbeg Division rounded up the 281 Jews who were sent to the camp at Pristina and later to Bergen Belsen where they were killed.
		The first operation of the Skanderbeg Nazi SS Division was to round-up 400 Kosovo Jews in Pristina on May 14, 1944.
	www.serbianna.com /columns/savich/071.shtml (3639 words)

	Albania
		The form and dimensions of the national symbols, the content of the text of the national anthem and their use shall be regulated by law.
		The original helmet is preserved in Wien, and a replica is shown in the Skanderbeg Museum in Kruja.
		The helmet bears goat horns, and the legend says that Skanderbeg used goat horns because he was able to climb upon rocks like a goat to set up ambushes against the Turkish troops.
	www.hampshireflag.co.uk /world-flags/allflags/al.html (786 words)

	[Projekat Rastko Gracanica] Carl Kosta Savich: Eyewitness to Genocide in Kosovo: Kosovo-Metohija
		The first commander of the Skanderbeg Division was SS Brigadefuehrer and Generalmajor of the Waffen SS Josef Fitzhum,from April to June, 1944.
		The 21st SS Division Skanderbeg was formed and trained in Kosovo and was made up primarily of Muslim Albanians from Kosovo, over two-thirds of the personnel were from Kosovo.
		The Skanderbeg Division engaged in a systematic policy of ethnic cleansing against the Kosovo Serbian and Jewish populations.
	www.rastko.org.yu /kosovo/istorija/savic_skenderbeyss1.html (1581 words)

	Abanian Migrations
		But the Albanians suffered a severe blow in 1468 when Skanderbeg contracted a fever and died, a hero mourned by his whole nation and much of the Christian world.
		In 1448, the Alphonse 1, King of Naples, taking advantage of the alliance he had concluded with Skanderbeg, called on the Albanians for help in suppressing a revolt in one of the towns of his kingdom.
		Skanderbeg complied and the force he sent successfully put down the revolt.
	www.giura.com /albanianmigrations.htm (1056 words)

	The Torch: The Staging of War and Peace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The historical and political background for the crisis, conflict and war in the Balkans: from Kosovo Polje and Skanderbeg to the Ottomans and communists, from Milosevic and Rugova to the KLA and OSCE, from Racak and Rambouillet to USA and NATO.
		The Albanian national hero, Gjergj Kastrioti who was raised under the Turks where he converted to Islam and became known as Skanderbeg, reconverted to Christianity in 1443, instigated a national revolt as commander-in-chief of the Albanian princes and managed to hold both the Ottomans and Islam in check through all of 13 invasion attempts.
		After Skanderbeg's death in 1468, the Ottomans however consolidated their power, also over the Albanians and the Ottoman Empire did not recede again for many centuries.
	www.faklen.dk /en/info/docs/stagingofwar.shtml (13819 words)

	petta1.htm
		Skanderbeg died in Alesso, on the coast of today's Northern Albania.
		Skanderbeg had willed his possessions to Venice and, they took up the defense his former lands and held on for quite a few years after, using their 'own' troops (many of whom were Albanian mercenaries by then, directly in her service, but also Italians, Croats, Serbs, etc.).
		I cannot speak to the possibility of relationship between the Pettas of Piana dei Greci and the historical Nicholas Petta who was apparently a general of Skanderbeg.
	homepages.tscnet.com /snokes/petta1.htm (839 words)

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		Scanderbeg SCANDERBEG [Scanderbeg] or Skanderbeg, c.1404-1468, Albanian national hero.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Skanderbeg (84 words)

	Reagalia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Helmet of Prince George Kastrioti known as Skanderbeg (1448-1468) is generally considered to be the major piece of Albanian regalia.
		It was worn by Prince Skanderbeg, Albanian national hero and leader of the Albanians in 15th century.
		In 1928 King Zog I planned to be crowned with it but since Skanderbeg's helmet and sword remained in possession of a museum in Vienna and yet the Austrians refused to hand them over to the king, Zog I had to give up the idea of being crowned with the Helmet of Skanderbeg.
	homepage.mac.com /crowns/al/avreg.html (226 words)

	Albanien
		Holberg om Skanderbeg - Ludvig Holberg skrev i 1739 om den albanske Skanderbeg (Scanderbeg).
		Holberg om Skanderbeg - Ludvig Holberg's beskrivelse af Skanderbeg i Heltehistorier (Gjerg Kastrioti fra Albanien)
		Skanderbegs segl - Segl på Nationalmuseet i København, der muligvis har været Skanderbegs.
	www.supercrawler.com /World/Dansk/Regional/Europa/Albanien (227 words)

	Axis History Factbook: 21. Waffen-Gebirgs-Division der SS Skanderbeg (albanische Nr. 1)
		It was used to fight partisans but many of the soldiers deserted (close to 3.500 within two months) and the division was disbanded.
		The remaining troops fought on as Kampfgruppe Skanderbeg before becoming a part of the 7.
		The "Skanderbeg" cuff title was authorized for this unit.
	www.axishistory.com /index.php?id=1927 (206 words)

	Ottoman Empire History Encyclopedia - Letter H \| Ottoman Turkish history with pictures \| Learn Turkish
		Hunyadi, the Count of Bestercze, was an heroic Hungarian general -- one of the leading and most successful European commanders (along with Skanderbeg) against Ottoman forces in the 15th Century.
		Hungarian preparations were under way for a further offensive to drive the Turks from Europe forever, in conjunction with George Brankovic of Serbia and Skanderbeg (q.v.) of Albania, when Turkish envoys arrived to discuss a truce.
		A Venetian fleet is sent to prevent the Sultan from leading an army back into Europe from Asia Minor, and the Hungarians march towards a projected rendezvous on the Black Sea coast.
	www.practicalturkish.com /encyclopedia-h.html (5231 words)

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