Ottoman campaigns in Albania

Timeline

1. 1460–1462northern Albanian lowlands · AlbaniaAfter gaining control of Serbia and Bosnia, the Ottomans turned their forces toward Albania. Around 1460, the sultan's armies captured several coastal and river-valley towns; some Albanian lords submitted or stood aside, while the mountain tribes began organizing joint resistance.
2. 1463–1469central Albanian mountains · AlbaniaIn the 1460s the Ottomans launched repeated large-scale offensives, besieging core fortresses such as Krujë and attempting to divide the Albanian nobility. Skanderbeg combined guerrilla and positional warfare, coordinating factions within the framework of the League of Lezhë, so that although the Ottomans won tactical victories they could not secure the mountains.