Pedzisa mutsara unotevera:
Kupinda kweItaly muAlbania, Umambo hweAlbania hwakava mudziviriri weUmambo hweItaly. VaItaly vakashandisa vashoma vechiAlbania muGreece sechikonzero chokuzivisa hondo kuGreece. Kunyange zvazvo Italy yechiFascist yakakundwa muHondo yeGreco-Italy, kurwisa kweGermany "blitzkrieg" kwakakurumidza kutevera muna April 1941, uye pakati paMay, Greece yakanga iri pasi pokugara pamwe chete nemasimba matatu eAxis: Germany, Italy neBulgaria. Kutevera kusikwa kweAlbanian National Liberation Front, mabasa ekudzivirira kweAlbania munzvimbo yeGjirokastër akawedzera. VaGreek vashoma muAlbania vakatsigira kurwisa kweAxis, uye battalion rakaparadzana revarwi vechiGreek (Thanas Ziko Battalion) rakagadzwa munaNovember 1943.