Corfu incident

BelligerentsItalyGreece
Diplomatic support:
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and SlovenesCommanders and leadersBenito Mussolini
Stylianos GonatasStrength

• 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)

Most of the victims were Armenian Genocide survivors and refugees

The Corfu incident 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.