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The '''Greco-Italian War''' was one of the many conflicts in [[Europe]] that were part of [[World War II]]. On October 28, 1940, [[Italy|Italian]] dictator [[Mussolini]] demanded [[Greece]] surrender. Prime Minister [[Ioannis Metaxas]] refused, saying simply "okhi" ([[Greek]] for "no"). Italian troops invaded, starting the war. With numerically inferior forces, Greek General [[Alexander Papagos]] was able to repel the invaders before winter set in. In April 1941 Italy's [[Axis]] allies joined the invasion of Greece and Yugoslavia, with the Greek in Army n Albania forced to abandon all gains in the face of a new Italian counteroffensive under General [[Ugo Cavallero]].

The '''Greco-Italian War''' was one of the many conflicts in [[Europe]] that were part of [[World War II]]. On October 28, 1940, [[Italy|Italian]] dictator [[Mussolini]] demanded [[Greece]] surrender. Prime Minister [[Ioannis Metaxas]] refused, saying simply "okhi" ([[Greek]] for "no"). Italian troops invaded, starting the war. With numerically inferior forces, Greek General [[Alexander Papagos]] was able to repel the invaders before winter set in. In April 1941 Italy's [[Axis]] allies joined the invasion of Greece and Yugoslavia, with the Greek in Army n Albania forced to abandon all gains in the face of a new Italian counteroffensive under General [[Ugo Cavallero]].

For his part in the failed invasion, General Pietro Badoglio was fired and replaced in December by General Ugo Cavallero as commander of forces in the Greek-Albanian theater of operations. Cavallero mounted a better defense in the winter of December-February though he was still no closer to winning a decisive victory over the Greeks. It was clear to the Italian Supreme Command and the rest of the world that without German intervention the war could be lost, or at best become an even longer and costlier stalemate for Mussolini’s Italy who had already overextended itself.

For his part in the failed invasion, General Pietro Badoglio was fired and replaced in December by General Ugo Cavallero as commander of forces in the Greek-Albanian theater of operations. Cavallero mounted a better defense in the winter of December-February though he was still no closer to winning a decisive victory over the Greeks.  

 

In January 1941 , it was clear in Athens and the British Middle East Command in Egypt that without British Commonwealth reinforcements, the Greek gains could be lost, or Greece lost in a German invasion for the Greek commanders had left the main defences along the Metaxas Line in northern Greece seriously undermanned.

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