Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Girka ta zama mai yaƙi a Yaƙin Duniya na II lokacin da Italiya ta mamaye ta
a ranar 28 ga Oktoba, 1940. An aika da rundunar dakarun Birtaniya da na Commonwealth don tallafawa Helenawa wanda daga bisani ya kai fiye da mutane 60,000. Sojojin Biritaniya kuma sun yi garkuwa da Crete, suna ba da damar Rukunin Girka na Biyar na Girka don ƙarfafa kamfen na ƙasar. Wannan tsari ya dace da Birtaniyya kamar yadda Crete zai iya samar da tsangwama ga rundunar sojan ruwa tare da tashar jiragen ruwa a gabar arewa. Helenawa sun kori Italiyanci ba tare da taimakon rundunar ba. A watan Afrilu na 1941, watanni shida bayan mamayewar Italiya da aka kasa, wani harin Jamus ya mamaye babban yankin Girka kuma an janye rundunar. A ƙarshen watan, sojojin dakarun Allied 57,000 sun kwashe ta Royal Navy. An aika wasu zuwa Karita don su ƙarfafa rundunarsa, ko da yake yawancinsu sun yi hasarar kayan aiki masu nauyi.