<prompt> Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Zvisaririra zvetsika zvenguva yeVenetian ndizvo zvakashandiswa naMussolini kubatanidza Zvitsuwa zveIonian muUmambo hweItaly. Kunyange Hondo Yenyika II isati yatanga uye Hondo yechando yeGirisi neItaly ya1940-41  <response>: , Mussolini akanga aratidza chido chake chokubatanidza Ionian Islands senharaunda yeItaly. Pashure pokuwa kweGirisi mukuvamba kwaApril 1941, vaItaly vakagara muchikamu chikuru chenyika, kubatanidza vaIonians. Mussolini akaudza Mukuru Mukuru Carlo Geloso kuti Zvitsuwa zveIonian zvaizogadzira dunhu rakaparadzana reItaly kupfurikidza nokubatanidzwa chaiko, asi vaGerman vaisazobvumirana nazvo. Kunyange zvakadaro, zviremera zveItaly zvakapfuurira kugadzirira pasi nokuda kwokubatanidza. Pakupedzisira, pana April 22, 1941, pashure pokukurukurirana pakati pevatongi veGermany neItaly, Hitler akabvuma kuti Italy inogona kupfuurira nechiito chokubatanidza zvitsuwa. Nokudaro pana 10 August 1941 zvitsuwa zveCorfu, Cephalonia, Zakynthos, Lefkada nezvimwe zvitsuwa zviduku zvakabatanidzwa zviri pamutemo neItaly sorutivi rweGrande Communità del Nuovo Impero Romano Guta Guru roUmambo Hutsva hweRoma. 