Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mussolini akaronga kuunganidza mauto eItaly mukurwisa kukuru Umambo hweBritain muAfrica neMiddle East, inozivikanwa se"hondo yakafanana", achitarisira kuparara kweUK munhandare yeEurope. VaItaly vakapinda muEgypt, British Somaliland uye
Bhomba rakabhomba Mandatory Palestine; hurumende yeBritain yakaramba kugamuchira zvikarakadzo zvorugare izvo zvaizobatanidza kugamuchira rukundo rweAxis muEurope; zvirongwa zvokupinda muUK hazvina kupfuurira uye hondo yakapfuurira. Italy yakakundwa muEast Africa; maItaly akabudirira muNorth Africa, asi maItaly akamira paSidi Barrani achimirira kuti zvinhu zviwanikwe. Pashure pokunge uto reGermany rakunda Poland, Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg neFrance, Mussolini akasarudza kushandisa Albania senzvimbo yokutanga yokupinda nayo muGreece. VaItaly vakatanga kudenha kwavo pana October 28, 1940, uye pamusangano wavatongi vaviri vechiFascist muFlorence, Mussolini akashamisa Hitler nokuzivisa kwake kudenha kweItaly. Mussolini akavimba nokukunda nokukurumidza, asi uto reGirisi rakamisa iro reItaly mumakwara aro uye nokukurumidza rakapfuurira kupinda muAlbania. VaGiriki vakatora Korçë neGjirokastër, uye vakatyisidzira kudzinga vaItaly kubva kuguta rechiteshi cheVlorë.