Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A ranar 28 ga Oktoba, Mussolini ya kaddamar da hari kan Girka ba tare da tuntuɓar Hilter ba, wanda aka sanar da shi game da mamayewar Girka-Italiyanci ta hanyar karantawa game da shi a cikin jaridar safiya kuma ya yi fushi. Mussolini ya yi kokarin kwantar da hankalin abokinsa ta hanyar cewa zai kasance a Athens a cikin makonni biyu
mamayewar Girka. Koyaya, Royal Air force ta hana mamayewar Italiyanci kuma ta ba wa Helenawa damar tura Italiyanci zuwa Albania.