Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Gwamnatin Birtaniya ta yi tsammanin mamayewar Girka da Jamusawa suka yi a 1941 kuma ta yanke shawarar aika da sojoji don tallafawa Helenawa, waɗanda suka riga sun shiga
a kan 'yan Italiya a Albania. Rukunin New Zealand na 2 na ɗaya daga cikin rukunin Allied da aka tura zuwa Girka a farkon Maris. An ba Brigade na 4 aikin kare layin Aliakmon a arewacin Girka, tare da Battalion na 20 da ke shirya da kuma kare kariya a gefen yammacin layin. A ranar 6 ga Afrilu, Jamusawa sun mamaye Girka kuma ci gaban su ya yi sauri har ya yi barazanar Florina Gap. An janye Brigade na 4 zuwa Servia Pass inda ya kasance mai karewa wanda ya fi dacewa da matsayinsa na baya.