Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Apo Italy yakapinda muHondo Yenyika II ichibatanidza neAxis powers (June 10, 1940), Admiral Tur akanga ari Naval Commander muDurres, Albania. Muna Gumiguru 1940 akasimudzirwa kuva Admiral akazara uye akagamuchira kutungamira kweSpecial Naval Force ("Forza Navale Speciale", FNS) unit yakanyatsogadzirirwa amphibious operations. FNS yakanga yakaumbwa ne "Bari" uye "Taranto" cruisers, "Carlo Mirabello" uye "Augusto Riboty" vanoparadza, "Antares", "Altair", "Arethusa", "Andromeda", "Angelo Bassini", "Nicola Fabrizi" uye "Giacomo Medici" uye "Sesia", "Tirso" uye "Garigliano" ngarava dzinosimuka; basa rayo rekutanga raizove kupamba uye kutora chitsuwa cheGreek cheCorfu, chakarongerwa 28 Gumiguru 1940, ichienderana nekutanga kwekupinda kweItaly kuGreece
Mamiriro okunze akaipa, zvisinei, akaverengera kushanda, kusvikira mhedzisiro yakaipa yemabasa epasi muGreece yakatungamira mukukanzurwa kwekumhara kweCorfu kuitira kuti vatungamire mauto kuenda kuGreek-Albanian front.