 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Girisi yakapinda muHondo Yenyika Yechipiri parutivi rweVasonganiri zvichitevera kupinda kweItaly kubva kuAlbania musi wa 28 Gumiguru 1940. Gore rakatevera racho, musi wa6 April, Nazi Germany yakatanga hondo yayo yokurwisa kubva kuBulgaria yaizivikanwa seOperation Marita; Athens yakatorwa musi wa28 April uye kurwisa kwakanga kwapera musi wa30. Mambo George II nehurumende yake vakanga vabva kunyika huru yeGreece vachienda kuCrete mazuva mashanu akanga apfuura. Chitsuwa chacho chakarwiswawonokupinda mudenga kweNazi musi wa20 May 1941. MaGerman akakunda pashure pemazuva manomwe okurwa, achimanikidza maAllies kuti adzokere kuEgipita. 