Battle of Trebeshina

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The Battle of the Trembesina mountain took place during the Greco-Italian war on the Albanian Trembesina mountain, close to the Albanian city of Tepeleni. It started in January, when a Greek company under captain Praxiteles Kondylis (1907-1941) advanced into Albania and up the mountain, which the Italians were holding. Heavy artillery fire from an Italian battery on the summit pinned the Greeks down, but Captain Praxiteles and his men fought up the mountain and they eventually took the top of the mountain and established a camp on the top. Reference 1 The Italians launched several counterattacks from late January to February to try and take the mountain back. One Italian plane was flying over the mountain when it dropped a bomb into the Greek campsite. The bomb exploded and killed Captain Praxiteles and several of his soldiers, but a Greek anti-aircraft cannon fired at the plane, which was hit, caught fire, and crashed to the ground near the summit, killing the pilot. Reference 1 Eventually, after hard fighting, the mountain was secured by the Greeks and the Italians stopped counterattacking. reference 1