Corfu Crisis

Corfu Incident
Corfu, one of the Ionian Islands
Date August 29, 1923 – September 27, 1923 Location Corfu, Greece 39°40′N 19°45′E / 39.667°N 19.750°E / 39.667; 19.750 Result Agreement between Italy and Greece under the auspices of the League of Nations
Belligerents
Italy	Greece
Commanders and leaders
Admiral Emilio Solari
Strength
2 or 3 battleships 2 or 4 cruisers 5 or 6 destroyers 2 Torpedo boats 4 MAS boats 2 submarines 1 airship airplanes 6 batteries of light artillery 5,000 or 8,000 or 10,000 troops	150 (the Greek garrison)
Casualties and losses
none	16 civilians killed, 30 injured and 2 amputated or 20 civilians killed and 32 wounded.
Corfu Location within Greece

2 or 3 battleships
2 or 4 cruisers
5 or 6 destroyers
2 Torpedo boats
4 MAS boats
2 submarines
1 airship
airplanes
6 batteries of light artillery

The Corfu Incident was a 1923 diplomatic and military crisis between Greece and Italy. It was triggered when an Italian general heading a commission to resolve a border dispute between Albania and Greece was murdered in Greek territory along with members of his staff. In response, Benito Mussolini issued a severe 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 favoring Italy. This was an early demonstration of the League's weakness when dealing with larger powers.

There was a boundary dispute between Greece and Albania. The two nations took their dispute to the Conference of Ambassadors, which created a commission of British, French, and Italian officials to determine the boundary, which was authorized by the League of Nations to settle the dispute. The Italian General Enrico Tellini became the chairman of the commission. From the outset of the negotiations, the relations between Greece and the commission were negative. Eventually the Greek delegate openly accused Tellini of working in favour of Albania's claims.