Marka Talyaanigu galo Dagaalkii Labaad ee Adduunka isagoo ku biiraaya awoodaha Axis (10 Juun 1940), Admiral Tur wuxuu ahaa Taliyaha Ciidanka Badda ee Durres, Albania. Bishii Oktoobar 1940 waxaa loo dalacsiiyay Admiral buuxa oo wuxuu helay amarka Ciidanka Gaarka ah ee Badda ("Forza Navale Speciale", FNS) oo ah unug si gaar ah loogu abuuray howlgallada dhulka hoostiisa mara. FNS waxay ka koobnayd maraakiibta fudud ee "Bari" iyo "Taranto", burburiyayaasha "Carlo Mirabello" iyo "Augusto Riboty", doomaha torpedo "Antares", "Altair", "Arethusa", "Andromeda", "Angelo Bassini", "Nicola Fabrizi" iyo "Giacomo Medici" iyo maraakiibta ka soo degaya "Sesia", "Tirso" iyo "Garigliano"; shaqadeeda ugu horreysa waxay noqon doontaa duulaan iyo qabsashada jasiiradda Giriigga ee Corfu, oo loo qorsheeyay Oktoobar 28, 1940, oo ku beegneyd bilowga duulaankii Talyaaniga ee Giriigga
Si kastaba ha noqotee, cimilada xun, waxay dib u dhigtay howlgalka, illaa natiijooyinka liita ee hawlgallada dhulka ee Giriigga ay keeneen in la joojiyo soo degitaanka Corfu si ciidamada loogu wareejiyo safka hore ee Griiga iyo Albania.