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Skanderbeg defeats an Ottoman invasion force at Torvioll.

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Skanderbeg

Albanian warlord and military commander (1405–1468)

Gjergj Kastrioti, commonly known as Skanderbeg, was an Albanian warlord and military commander who led a rebellion against the Ottoman Empire in Southeast Europe.
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Battle of Torvioll

1444 battle of the Ottoman–Albanian wars

The Battle of Torvioll, also known as the Battle of Lower Dibra, was fought on 29 June 1444 on the Plain of Torvioll, in what is now Albania. Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg was an Ottoman Albanian general who decided to return to his homeland and take the reins of a new Albanian…
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