Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - MuEurope, Mussolini aida kutevedzera "hondo yemheni" yeGermany ("blitzkrieg"). Iyi yakanga iri nzira inokurumidza zvinoshamisa iyo yakabvumira Germany kukunda mumwedzi mishomanene Poland, Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium, uye France. Mussolini akapinda muGreece
kubva kuAlbania muna October 1940. Asi kufambira mberi kweRoyal Army kwakadziviswa neHondo yeGirisi uye mamiriro okunze akaipa. Nenguva isipi kurwisa kwevaGiriki kwakamanikidza vaItaly kuzvidzivirira mukati meAlbania.