<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngaphambi kwempi i-Italy yayihlasele i-Albania futhi yayihlanganisa ngokusemthethweni. Uhulumeni kaMussolini wamemezela impi eBrithani naseFrance ngoJuni 10, 1940, futhi wahlasela iGrisi  <response>: ngo-October 28. Nokho, amabutho ase-Italy ayengenakukwazi ukufanisa impumelelo yamaNazi enyakatho-ntshonalanga yeYurophu; empeleni, kwaze kwaba yilapho iJalimane ingenelela lapho iGrisi yagumbuqelwa amandla e-Axis. Ngesikhathi kuqhubeka umkhankaso wamaGreki, amabutho aseJalimane, esekelwa amaNtaliyane, amaHungary namaBulgaria ahlasela iYugoslavia ngesikhathi esisodwa. Ngemva kokunqotshwa kwezwekazi, iJalimane yahlasela iKrethe kulokho okwaziwa ngokuthi iMpi YaseKrethe. Njengoba amaBalkan ayesephephile, iJalimane nabangane bayo bahlasela iSoviet Union emkhankasweni omkhulu kunayo yonke emlandweni. Impi yaseBalkan yabambezela lokhu kuhlasela, futhi ukunyakaza kokumelana okwalandela e-Albania, eYugoslavia naseGrisi kwabopha amabutho e-Axis abalulekile. Lokhu kwanikeza abaseSoviet impumuzo eyayidingeka kakhulu futhi mhlawumbe eyayinqumayo. 