Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Pasinei nokuedza uku, hurumende yacho yakanga isina vanhu vakawanda kana kuti sangano guru raiitsigira. Vanhu vechiGiriki vakanga vasina hanya, vasina kushingaira kupikisa Metaxas. Metaxas akavandudzawo kuzvidzivirira kwenyika mukugadzirira hondo yaizouya yeEurope, achivaka, pakati pezvimwe zviyero zvekudzivirira, "Metaxas Line". Pasinei nokutevedzera kwake chiFascism, uye ukama hwakasimba hwezvemari neGermany yeNazi yakamutsidzirwa, Metaxas akatevera mutemo wokusava nedivi, achipiwa ukama hwakasimba hweGreece neBritain, hwakasimbiswa neAnglophilia yaMambo George II. Muna April 1939, kutyisidzira kweItaly kwakangoerekana kwaswedera pedyo apo Italy yakabatanidza Albania
, apo Britain yakavimbisa pachena miganhu yeGirisi. Nokudaro, apo Hondo yeNyika II yakatanga muna September 1939, Greece yakaramba isina kwayakarerekera.