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 dziviriro yenyika mukugadzirira hondo yeEurope yaizouya, kuvaka, pakati pezvimwe zviyero zvekudzivirira, "Metaxas Line". Pasinei nokutevedzera kwake chiFascism uye ukama hwakasimba hwezvemari neGermany yeNazi yakamutswazve, Metaxas akatevera mutemo wokusava nedivi kwaanotsigira, achifunga nezvezvisungo zvakasimba zveGreece neBritain, zvakasimbiswa naMambo George II weAnglophilia. Muna April 1939, kutyisidzira kweItaly kwakangoerekana kwaswedera pedyo, sezvo Italy yakabatanidza
Albania, apo Britain yakavimbisa pachena miganhu yeGirisi. Nokudaro, apo Hondo yeNyika II yakatanga muna September 1939, Greece yakaramba isina kwayakarerekera.