<prompt> Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Hondo isati yatanga Italy yakanga yapinda muAlbania ndokuibatanidza zviri pamutemo. Hurumende yaMussolini yakaparura hondo kuBritain neFrance musi wa10 June 1940, ndokupinda muGreece  <response>: musi wa 28 October. Zvisinei, mauto eItaly akanga asingakwanisi kuenzanisa kubudirira kweNazi kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kweEurope; chaizvoizvo, kwakanga kusati kuri kutozosvikira kupindira kweGermany kuti Girisi yakakurirwa nemasimba eAxis. Apo nhimbe yeGreece yakanga ichienderera mberi, mauto eGermany, achitsigirwa navaItaly, vaHungary navaBulgaria panguva imwe cheteyo akapinda muYugoslavia. Pashure pokunge nyika yacho yakundwa, Germany yakapinda muKrete mune inozivikanwa seHondo yeKrete. NeBalkans yakachengeteka, Germany navavakidzani vayo vakarwisa Soviet Union mubato guru zvikurusa rapasi munhau. Hondo yeBalkan yakanonotsa kupinda uku, uye kufamba kwakatevera kwekuramba muAlbania, Yugoslavia neGreece kwakasunga mauto anokosha eAxis. Ikoku kwakagovera zororo rinodikanwa zvikuru uye zvichida rinokosha nokuda kwevaSoviet. 