Ka cika wannan magana: Duk da wannan tsaka-tsaki da aka sanar, ƙasar Hellas ta zama abin da Mussolini yake son ya faɗaɗa ƙasarsa. Sakamakon da aka yi wa Girka ya hada da nutsewar jirgin ruwa mai suna "Elli" a ranar 15 ga Agusta, 1940. Sojojin Italiya sun tsallaka iyaka a ranar 28 ga Oktoba, 1940, suna farawa da
Yaƙin Girka-Italiya, amma an dakatar da shi ta hanyar tsaron Girka mai ƙuduri, kuma a ƙarshe ya koma Albania. Metaxas ya mutu ba zato ba tsammani a cikin Janairu 1941. Mutuwarsa ta haifar da fatan sassaucin mulkinsa da maido da mulkin majalisa, amma Sarki George ya murƙushe waɗannan fatan lokacin da ya ci gaba da tsarin mulkin.