Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Italy yakabatana nehondo seimwe yeAxis Powers muna 1940, ichipinda pashure pokunge zvaoneka kuti France yaizorasikirwa neGermany. Kupinda kweItaly muFrance kwakanga kwakapfupika sezvo Third Republic yeFrance yakazvipira nokukurumidza pashure pacho. Italy yakagadzirira kurwa neBritain muAfrica neMiddle East, inozivikanwa se"hondo yakafanana", nepo ichitarisira kuparara kwakafanana kwemauto eBritain munhandare yeEurope. VaItaly vakaputitsa bhomba Mandatory Palestine
, vakapinda muEgypt ndokutora British Somaliland nekubudirira kwekutanga. Muchina wechiuto weItaly wakaratidza kushaya simba mukati meHondo yeGreco-Italy ya1940, hondo yekurwisa iyo Italy yakatanga isina kukonzerwa, asi mauto eItaly akawana kufambira mberi kuduku. Rubatsiro rweGermany panguva yeHondo yeGreece rwaizopedzisira rwabatsira maItaly, uye vavariro dzavo dzakakura dzakasangana zvishoma mukupera kwa1942 nehuwandu hweItaly hwakapararira muMediterranean yose. Ruzhinji rweGirisi rwakabatwa neItaly; maItaly akatonga nzvimbo dzeFrance dzeCorsica neTunisia zvichitevera kuparara kweVichy France uye kubatwa nemauto eGerman; uye hurumende yemadhongi yakaiswa muCroatia zvichitevera Kupinda kweGerman neItaly muYugoslavia. Albania, Ljubljana, mhenderekedzo yegungwa yeDalmatia, neMontenegro dzakanga dzanyorerwa zvakananga nehurumende yeItaly. Mauto eItaly neGermany akanga awanawo kukunda mukurwisana nevapanduki muYugoslavia, uye akanga atora zvikamu zveEgypt zvaiva muBritain pavaienda kuEl-Alamein pashure pokukunda kwavo paGazala.