Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Girka ta shiga yakin duniya na biyu a gefen Allies bayan mamayewar Italiya
daga Albania a ranar 28 ga Oktoba, 1940. A shekara mai zuwa, a ranar 6 ga Afrilu, Nazi Jamus ta kaddamar da mamayar ta daga Bulgaria da aka sani da Operation Marita; An mallaki Athens a ranar 28 ga Afrilu kuma juriya a cikin Girka ta daina zuwa ranar 30. Sarki George II da gwamnatinsa sun bar Girka zuwa Crete kwanaki biyar da suka gabata. An kai wa tsibirin hari ta hanyar mamayewar jirgin sama na Nazi a ranar 20 ga Mayu, 1941. Jamusawa sun yi nasara bayan kwanaki bakwai na fada, suna tilasta janyewar Allied zuwa Misira.