Pasinei nehukama hwakasimba hwehupfumi uye hwemauto neGermany, hukama hwakaramba huripo neNazi Germany, Mambo George aizivikanwa kuva nemanzwiro eBritain pakutanga kweHondo Yenyika II. Zvisinei, musi wa 28 Gumiguru 1940 Metaxas akaramba chirevo cheItaly chinotsigira kuiswa kwemauto eItaly muGreece, uye Italy yakapinda, kutanga Hondo yeGreco-Italy. VaGreek vakagadzira dziviriro yakabudirira uye pakupedzisira vakatora hafu yekumaodzanyemba kweAlbania (ipanguva yaitsigirwa neItaly), asi apo vaGerman vakapinda kubva kuBulgaria musi wa 6 Kubvumbi 1941 vaGreek neBritish Expeditionary Force vakakundwa, uye mainland Greece yakatorwa. Musi wa 23 Kubvumbi Mambo nehurumende vakasiya mainland yeGreek yeCrete, asi mushure mekurwiswa kweGerman pamhepo pachitsuwa ichi akaendeswa kuEgypt.
28 October 1940