Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Italy yakapinda muHondo Yenyika II musi wa10 June 1940. Italy yakaruramisa
kupindira kweGreece muna October 1940 pamhaka yokuti Greece yakanga ichishandiswa neBritain kurwisana neItaly, Mussolini akazivisa izvi kuna Hitler, achiti: "Greece ndeimwe yenzvimbo huru dzorongwa hweEngland hwomugungwa muMediterranean".