Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Italy yakapinda muHondo yeNyika II musi wa 10 June 1940. Italy yakaruramisa kupindira kwayo muGreece muna October 1940
pamusoro pokupomerwa kuti Greece yakanga ichishandiswa neBritain kurwisana neItaly, Mussolini akazivisa izvi kuna Hitler, achiti: "Greece ndeimwe yenzvimbo huru dzorongwa hweEngland hwomugungwa muMediterranean".