<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Greece waba belligerent eMpini Yezwe II lapho kwaba it wahlaselwa  <response>: yi-Italy ngo-October 28, 1940. Kwathunyelwa ibutho laseBrithani nelaseCommonwealth ukuyosiza amaGrikhi okwathi ekugcineni lafinyelela emadodeni angaphezu kuka-60,000. Amabutho aseBrithani abuye agada iKrethe, okwenza iDivision yesihlanu yaseKrethe yaseGrisi ikwazi ukuqinisa umkhankaso wasemaphandleni. Leli lungiselelo laliyilungele abaseBrithani: iKrethe lalinganikeza iRoyal Navy amachweba amahle kakhulu empumalanga yeMedithera, futhi izindawo zikawoyela zasePloiești eRomania zaziyoba ngaphakathi kobubanzi bamabhomu aseBrithani asekelwe esiqhingini. AmaNtaliyane axoshwa ngaphandle kosizo lwamabutho okuhlola. Ukuhlasela kweJalimane ngo-April 1941 kwahlasela izwe laseGrisi futhi amabutho ayelapho asuswa. Ekupheleni kwenyanga, amabutho angama - 57 000 amabutho ahlangene asuswa yiRoyal Navy. Abanye bathunyelwa eKrethe ukuze baqinise ibutho lalapho, nakuba iningi lalilahlekelwe yimishini yalo esindayo. 