Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Mussolini ya shirya ya tattara sojojin Italiya a kan wani babban hari a kan Daular Birtaniya a Afirka da Gabas ta Tsakiya, wanda aka sani da "yakin da ya dace", yayin da yake tsammanin rushewar Birtaniya a wasan kwaikwayo na Turai. 'Yan Italiya sun mamaye Misira, Somaliland ta Biritaniya da kuma fashewar bam na Mandatory Palestine
; Gwamnatin Burtaniya ta ƙi karɓar shawarwarin zaman lafiya wanda zai ƙunshi karɓar nasarar Axis a Turai; shirye-shiryen mamaye Burtaniya ba su ci gaba ba kuma yaƙin ya ci gaba. Italiya ta ci nasara a Gabashin Afirka; Italiyanci na Italiya a Arewacin Afirka sun yi nasara, amma Italiyanci ya tsaya a Sidi Barrani yana jiran kayan aiki don kamawa. Bayan sojojin Jamus sun ci Poland, Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg da Faransa, Mussolini ya yanke shawarar amfani da Albania a matsayin matattarar ruwa don mamaye Girka. 'Yan Italiya sun kaddamar da harin a ranar 28 ga Oktoba, 1940, kuma a wani taro na masu mulkin kama karya guda biyu a Florence, Mussolini ya ba Hitler mamaki da sanarwar mamayar Italiya. Mussolini ya sa rai cewa za su yi nasara da sauri, amma sojojin Hellas sun hana sojojin Italiya shiga kuma ba da daɗewa ba suka shiga Albania. Helenawa sun kama Korçë da Gjirokastër, kuma sun yi barazanar fitar da Italiyanci daga tashar jiragen ruwa ta Vlorë.