<prompt> Kunyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokusiya Gordonstoun pakuvamba kwa1939, Philip akapedza nguva somudzidzi paRoyal Naval College, Dartmouth, ipapo akadzorerwa kuGreece, achigara naamai vake muAthens kwemwedzi pakati pa1939. Pakurayirwa namambo weGreece, George II mwana wababa vake wokutanga, akadzokera kuBritain muna September kunotangazve kurovedzwa nokuda kweRoyal Navy. Akapedza kudzidza paDartmouth gore rakatevera racho somudzidzi akanakisisa mukirasi yake. Munguva yeHondo Yenyika II, akaramba achishumira mumauto eBritain, nepo vaviri vehanzvadzi dzake, Prince Christoph weHesse naBerthold, Margrave weBaden, vakarwa kudivi rinopikisa reGermany. Philip akagadzwa kuva mutevedzeri womukuru mukuru wechikepe muna January 1940. Akapedza mwedzi mina ari mungarava yehondo, achidzivirira ngoro dzeAustralia Expeditionary Force muIndian Ocean, ichiteverwa nekutumirwa kwenguva pfupi pa, pa, uye muBritish Ceylon. Pashure pokupinda kweItaly muGreece  <response>: muna October 1940, akachinjirwa kubva kuIndian Ocean kuenda kuchikepe chehondo muMediterranean Fleet. 