Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pasinei nokuedza uku, hurumende yacho yakanga isina vanhu vakawanda vaiitsigira kana kuti sangano raibatsira vanhu vakawanda. 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, tyisidziro yeItaly yakangoerekana yaswedera pedyo apo Italy
Albania, apo Britain yakavimbisa pachena miganhu yeGreece. Nokudaro, apo Hondo yeNyika II yakatanga muna September 1939, Greece yakaramba isina kwayakarerekera.