Ka cika wannan magana: A lokacin bazara na shekara ta 1939,
Italiya ta mamaye kuma ta haɗa Albania. Biritaniya ta yi ƙoƙari ta hana mamayewa ta hanyar ba da tabbacin iyakokin Girka. Girka, a karkashin mulkin kama karya na Ioannis Metaxas, don tallafawa bukatun Allies sun ƙi buƙatun Italiya. Italiya ta mamaye Girka a ranar 28 ga Oktoba, 1940, amma Helenawa sun kori masu mamaye bayan gwagwarmaya mai zafi (duba Yakin Girka-Italiya). A tsakiyar Disamba, 1940, Helenawa sun mamaye kusan kashi ɗaya cikin huɗu na Albania, suna ɗaure sojojin Italiya 530,000. Metaxas ya fi son Jamus amma bayan ya mutu a watan Janairun 1941 Girka ta karɓi sojojin Burtaniya da kayan aiki. A watan Maris na 1941, babban harin Italiya ya kasa, ya ƙasƙantar da sojojin Italiya.