Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan tsakiyar 1942, tare da haɓakar juriya da makamai, da kuma lalata gadar Gorgopotamos (Operation "Harling") ta hanyar ƙarfin 'yan bindiga na Girka da' yan sabo na Burtaniya a ranar 25 ga Nuwamba, hukumomin Italiya sun yi ƙoƙari su hana tashin hankali a cikin ayyukan juriya da aka yi wa sojojin su. 'Yan bindigar sun yi nasara sosai a kan' yan Italiya, suna ba da damar ƙirƙirar yankuna "masu 'yanci" a cikin tsaunukan tsaunuka, gami da manyan garuruwa, a tsakiyar shekarar 1943. A lokacin, sojojin Jamus suka soma shigowa ƙasar Hellas. An kawo nau'ikan Elite kamar 1st Panzer Division da 1st Mountain Division a cikin ƙasar, duka a cikin tsammanin yiwuwar saukowar Allied a Girka (wani ra'ayi da Allies da kansu suka inganta da gangan a matsayin karkatarwa daga
Saukowa a Sicily) kuma a matsayin garanti kan yiwuwar Italiya ta mika wuya.