Ka kammala wannan magana: Kafin yakin
Italiya ta mamaye Albania kuma ta haɗa ta da ƙasar. Gwamnatin Mussolini ta ayyana yaƙi da Burtaniya da Faransa a ranar 10 ga Yuni, 1940, kuma ta mamaye Girka a ranar 28 ga Oktoba. Koyaya, sojojin Italiya ba su iya daidaita nasarar Nazi a arewa maso yammacin Turai ba; a zahiri, har sai da shigar da Jamusawa cewa Girka ta mamaye ikon Axis. Yayin da yakin Girka ke gudana, sojojin Jamus, da goyon bayan Italiya, Hungary da Bulgaria sun mamaye Yugoslavia a lokaci guda. Bayan da aka ci gaba da cin nasara, Jamus ta mamaye Crete a cikin abin da aka sani da Battle of Crete. Tare da Balkans lafiya, Jamus da kawayenta suka kai hari kan Tarayyar Soviet a cikin mafi girma a ƙasar aiki a tarihi. Yaƙin Balkans ya jinkirta wannan mamayewa, kuma ƙungiyoyin juriya na gaba a Albania, Yugoslavia da Girka sun ɗaure dakarun Axis masu mahimmanci. Wannan ya ba da taimako da ake buƙata sosai kuma mai yiwuwa ya yanke hukunci ga Soviets.