The Balkans campaign of World War II began with the Italian invasion of Greece on 28 October 1940. In the early months of 1941, Italy's offensive had stalled and a Greek counter-offensive pushed into
German paratroopers on Crete in 1941
Italian soldiers entering Yugoslavia
German artillery firing during the advance through Greece
Greco-Italian War
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The Greco-Italian War, also called the Italo-Greek War, took place between Italy and Greece from 28 October 1940 to 23 April 1941. This conflict began the Balkans campaign of World War II between the
Balkans campaign (World War II)
…The Balkans campaign of World War II began with the Italian invasion of Greece on 28 October 1940. In the early months of 1941, Italy's offensive had stalled and a Greek counter-offensive pushed into Albania. Germany sought to aid…
Clockwise: Italian bombers over Greek territory, Italian soldiers during winter in Albania, Greek soldiers in Gjirokaster, Greek soldiers during the Italian spring offensive
Eleftherios Venizelos, Prime Minister of Greece (various terms 1910–1933)
Benito Mussolini, Prime Minister of Italy
Greek cruiser Elli that was sunk on 15 August 1940 while she sat at anchor.