Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kubvira muna 1930, boka racho raiva nebasa rokudzivirira nharaunda yeEpirus pamuganhu weGreece neAlbania. Nemhaka yokushaya simba kwechiuto kweAlbania, chikamu chacho chaiva "chinyararire" uye chakanga chisina kukosha zvikuru kupfuura muganhu neBulgaria. Ikoku kwakachinja muna April 1939, apo Fascist Italy
vakapinda ndokutora Albania. Ichitungamirirwa nomukuru wayo, Maj Gen Charalambos Katsimitros, boka racho rakaita basa guru rokuvaka masvingo uye kugadzira zvirongwa zvokuzvidzivirira. Nekupinda kweItaly kwakanga kuchipinda kubva muna Nyamavhuvhu 1940 zvichienda mberi, kuunganidzwa kwakaganhurirwa kwakaitwa, uko kwakaunza divi kumusoro kusimba uye kwakatobvumidza kugadziriswazve kwe24th Regiment sechinhu chakasiyana. Ichi chokwadi, chakabatanidzwa nesarudzo yaKatsimitros yekusimbirira pakudzivirira kumberi, zvaizoratidza kuve zvinhu zvine mutsindo mukudzivirira nekukurumidza kwekutanga kweItaly huru yekupinza muEpirus. Chikamu ichi chakaiswa munzvimbo yekudzivirira yakatambanuka kubva mumusha weElaya (Kalpaki) kuenda kumutsetse werwizi rweKalamas, uye kwemazuva matanhatu, kubva munaNovember 2 kusvika munaNovember 8, vakabudirira kudzosera kurwisa kwakateedzana kweItaly "Ciamura" Army Corps. Panguva iyoyo, kuunganidzwa kwevashandi vechiGiriki kwakanga kwapera, uye pamwe chete nekukunda kwechiGiriki muHondo yePindus, kukunda kwechikamu muHondo yeElaia<unk>Kalamas kwakaratidza kukundikana kwekurwiswa kweItaly.