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Much fighting took place in November, during the Greek Army invasion of Albania. The most significant and bloody setback for the Italian invaders took place during the Battle of Pindus near Kalamas River in late October and early November 1940, when the advance of the ''Julia'' Alpine Division was halted and elite Italian [[Bersaglieri]] and Greek [[Evzones]] battalions fought bitterly at the foot of Mount Morova.
 
Much fighting took place in November, during the Greek Army invasion of Albania. The most significant and bloody setback for the Italian invaders took place during the Battle of Pindus near Kalamas River in late October and early November 1940, when the advance of the ''Julia'' Alpine Division was halted and elite Italian [[Bersaglieri]] and Greek [[Evzones]] battalions fought bitterly at the foot of Mount Morova.
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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.  
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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 solid defense in the winter of December-February though his ''Primamera'' Offensive failed to defeat Greeks in March.  
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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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In January 1941 , it was clear in Athens and the British Middle East Command in Egypt that without British Commonwealth reinforcements, the Greek gains in Albania could be lost, or Greece conquered in a German invasion for the Greek commanders had left the main defences along the Metaxas Line in northern Greece seriously undermanned.
    
==Losses==
 
==Losses==
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