 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana 8 September, Italy yakapa kuvaAllies. Ikoku kwakatanga nhangemutange yokusava nezvombo uye kupinzavarwi vokuItaly vaiva muBalkan vasati vava kukwanisa kushandiswa nemauto eMubatanidzwa. Lanz akapiwa basa rokukunda mauto eItaly muEpirus neIonian Islands. Muzviitiko zviviri, muCephalonia neCorfu, vaItaly vakaramba. Lanz pachake pakutanga akanga achitsigira kutaurirana nezvokuzviisa pasi kweItaly, asi pakupedzisira akatevera mirayiridzo yake ndokupinda muzvitsuwa izvi. MuCephalonia, hondo yakatsviriridza kwevhiki imwe vaItaly vasati vazviisa pasi. Pashure pokuzviisa kwavo, uye mukuwirirana nomurayiro waHitler, vaItaly vanopfuura 5 000 vakaurawa navaGermany. Lanz akanga aripo muCephalonia zvose zviri zviviri mukati mehondo uye kuuraya kwakazotevera. MuCorfu, kurwisa kwakatora zuva rimwe bedzi, asi vakuru vakuru vose veItaly 280 vaiva pachitsuwa chacho vakapfurwa uye mitumbi yavo yakaraswa mugungwa, pamirairo yaLanz. 