Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Apo Italy yakapinda muHondo yeNyika II ichibatanidza neAxis masimba (10 June 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 dzekubuda; basa rayo rekutanga raizove rekupinda nekugara kwechitsuwa cheGreek cheCorfu, chakarongerwa 28 Gumiguru 1940, ichienderana nekutanga kweItaly
Zvisinei, mamiriro okunze akaipa akaverengera basa racho, kusvikira migumisiro isina kunaka yemabasa epasi muGreece yakatungamirira kukanganiswa kwekubhururuka kweCorfu kuitira kuti vatungamirire mauto kuenda kuGreek-Albanian front.