Dee ihe ọzọ maka paragraf a - Ndị Axis Powers (, "I Katochi", 'ndị na-achị achị') malitere ịchị Gris n'April 1941 mgbe Nazi Germany wakporo Gris iji nyere onye ha na ya jikọrọ aka, Fascist Italy, nke nọ n'agha aka
na Allied Greece kemgbe October 1940. Mgbe e merisịrị Krit, e weghaara Gris nile ka ọ na-erule June 1941. Ọchịchị nke ala ahụ gara n'ihu ruo mgbe a manyere Germany na onye ya na ya jikọrọ aka bụ́ Bulgaria ịlaghachi n'okpuru nrụgide nke ndị Allied ná mmalite October 1944. Otú ọ dị, ndị agha Germany nọgidere na-achịkwa Krit na ụfọdụ agwaetiti ndị ọzọ dị na Aegean ruo mgbe Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ biri na Europe, na-enyefe agwaetiti ndị a na May na June 1945.