Corfu incident

Corfu incident of 1923
	Part of the interwar period
	; Corfu, one of the Ionian Islands
Date	August 29 – September 27, 1923
Location	Corfu, Kingdom of Greece39°40′N 19°45′E
Result	Agreement between Italy and Greece under the auspices of the League of Nations
Belligerents
Italy	Greece
Commanders and leaders
Benito Mussolini; Emilio Solari	Stylianos Gonatas
Strength
2–3 battleships; ; 2–4 cruisers; 5–6 destroyers; 2 torpedo boats; 4 MAS boats; 2 submarines; 1 airship; Numerous aircraft; 6 batteries of light artillery; 5,000–10,000 troops;	150 infantry troops;
Casualties and losses
None	16 civilians killed, 30 wounded and 2 amputated (per Greek sources); 20 civilians killed and 32 wounded (reported)
	Corfu Location within Greece

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.

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