<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1939, Italy yakatora Albania, uye muna 1940  <response>: vakapinda muGreece. Zvisinei, vaItaly vakadzoserwa kuAlbania, uye mauto echiGiriki akatorazve nzvimbo yokuchamhembe kweEpirus. Kurwisana kwacho kwakaratidza kukunda kwokutanga kweAllies muHondo Yenyika II. Benito Mussolini amene akatungamirira kurwisa kukuru kwemapoka ake muchirimo cha 1941, bedzi kuti akundwezve nenzira yokugumisa navaGiriki vakanga vasina kugadzirira zvakanaka, asi vakatsunga. Ipapo Germany yeNazi yakapindira muna April 1941 kudzivisa kukundwa kunonyadzisa, kwakazara kweItaly. Mauto eGermany akaita mashandiro okukurumidza ehondo muYugoslavia uye akamanikidza mauto echiGiriki akanga akakomberedzwa epamberi peEpirus kuti azviise pasi. 