<prompt> Mussolini akaronga kuunganidza mauto eItaly kuti aite hondo huru yokurwisa Umambo hweBritain muAfrica uye kuMiddle East, inozivikanwa sehondo yakafanana, achitarisira kuparara kweUnited Kingdom munhandare yokuEurope. VaItaly vakapinda muEgypt, British Somaliland uye vakaparadza Mandatory Palestine; hurumende yeBritain yakaramba kugamuchira zvikumbiro zvorugare zvaizosanganisira kugamuchira kukunda kweAxis muEurope; zvirongwa zvekupinda muUK hazvina kuenderera mberi uye hondo yakaramba ichienderera mberi. Italy yakakundwa muEast Africa; maItaly akabudirira muNorth Africa, asi maItaly akamira paSidi Barrani achimirira kuti zvinhu zviwanikwe. Pashure pokunge uto reGermany rakunda Poland, Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg neFrance, Mussolini akasarudza kushandisa Albania senzvimbo yokutanga yokupinda nayo muGreece. VaItaly vakatanga kurwisa kwavo  <response>: musi waOctober 28, 1940, uye pamusangano wavatongi vaviri vechiFascist muFlorence, Mussolini akashamisa Hitler nokuzivisa kwake nezvokupinda kweItaly. Mussolini akavimba nokukunda nokukurumidza, asi uto reGirisi rakamisa iro reItaly mumakwara aro uye nokukurumidza rakapfuurira kupinda muAlbania. VaGiriki vakatora Korçë neGjirokastër, uye vakatyisidzira kudzinga vaItaly kubva kuguta rechiteshi cheVlorë. 