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Even though the Italians had a large air force and navy, the ''Comando Supremo'' (Italian Supreme Command) failed to deploy all of the available combat aircraft and elite parachute and marine forces behind Greek lines, attacks that could have tied down a good part of the 15 Greek battalions sent to defend the Pindus sector.

Even though the Italians had a large air force and navy, the ''Comando Supremo'' (Italian Supreme Command) failed to deploy all of the available combat aircraft and elite parachute and marine forces behind Greek lines, attacks that could have tied down a good part of the 15 Greek battalions sent to defend the Pindus sector.

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]] and orders from Athens to halt the German advance through Greece.

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 spring offensive under General [[Ugo Cavallero]] and orders from Athens to halt the German advance through Greece.

The German divisions broke the northern Greece defences in three days and reached the city of Athens a few weeks later, on 27 April.  

The German divisions broke the northern Greece defences in three days and reached the city of Athens a few weeks later, on 27 April.