<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: UMussolini wahlela ukugxilisa amabutho ase-Italy ekuhlaseleni okukhulu uMbuso WaseBrithani e-Afrika naseMpumalanga Ephakathi, okwaziwa ngokuthi impi ehambisanayo, ngesikhathi elindele ukuwa kwe-UK enkundleni yemidlalo yaseYurophu. AmaNtaliyane ahlasela iGibithe, iBritish Somaliland futhi aqhumisa amabhomu ePalestine; uhulumeni waseBrithani wenqaba ukwamukela iziphakamiso zokuthula ezazizohilela ukwamukela ukunqoba kwe-Axis eYurophu; izinhlelo zokuhlasela i-UK azizange ziqhubeke futhi impi yaqhubeka. I-Italy yanqotshwa eMpumalanga Afrika; ukuqhubekela phambili kwamaNtaliyane eNyakatho Afrika kwaphumelela, kodwa amaNtaliyane amisa eSidi Barrani elinde izimpahla zokuthutha. Ngemva kokuba ibutho laseJalimane linqobe iPoland, iDenmark, iNorway, iNetherlands, iBelgium, iLuxembourg neFrance, uMussolini wanquma ukusebenzisa i-Albania njengendawo yokuhlasela iGrisi. AmaNtaliyane  <response>: baqala ukuhlasela kwabo ngo-October 28, 1940, futhi emhlanganweni wabacindezeli ababili abangamaFascist eFlorence, uMussolini wamangaza uHitler ngesimemezelo sakhe sokuhlasela kwe - Italy. UMussolini wayethembele ekunqobeni ngokushesha, kodwa ibutho lamaGreki lamisa elase - Italy futhi ngokushesha langena e - Albania. AmaGreki athatha iKorçë neGjirokastër, futhi asongela ngokuxosha amaNtaliyane edolobheni eliyitheku laseVlorë. 