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- Greco-Italian_War abstract "The Greco-Italian War (Greek: Ελληνοϊταλικός πόλεμος Elleno-italikόs pόlemos), also known as the Italo-Greek War and Italian Campaign of Greece (Italian: Campagna italiana di Grecia), was a conflict between Fascist Italy and Greece, which lasted from 28 October 1940 to 23 April 1941. The conflict marked the beginning of the Balkans campaign of World War II and the initial Greek counter-offensive, the first successful land campaign against the Axis powers in the war. The conflict known as the Battle of Greece began with the intervention of Nazi Germany on 6 April 1941. In Greece, the war against Italy is known as the \"War of '40\"Fascist Italy had invaded Albania in the spring of 1939 and attacked the British Empire in Africa, completing the conquest of British Somaliland and began an invasion of Egypt in the summer of 1940 but could not claim victories like those of Nazi Germany. Benito Mussolini wanted to reassert Italian interests in the Balkans, feeling threatened by German encroachments (the Kingdom of Romania in the supposed Italian sphere of influence, had accepted German protection for the Ploiești oil fields in mid-October) and secure bases from which British outposts in the eastern Mediterranean could be attacked.On 28 October 1940, after Greek prime minister Ioannis Metaxas rejected an Italian ultimatum demanding the occupation of Greek territory, Italian forces invaded Greece from Albania. The Greek army counter-attacked and forced the Italians to retreat. By mid-December, the Greeks occupied nearly a quarter of Albania, tying down 530,000 Italian troops. In March 1941, Operation Spring (Operazione Primavera), an Italian counter-offensive failed and on 6 April, Nazi Germany invaded Greece through Bulgaria and Yugoslavia, beginning the Battle of Greece.On 12 April, the Greek army retreated from Albania to avoid being cut off by the rapid German advance and on 20 April, the Greek Epirus Army Section surrendered to the Germans. On 23 April, the armistice with Germany was repeated with the Italians, ending the Greco-Italian war. By the end of April, the Axis occupation of Greece had been completed by Italian, German and Bulgarian forces, with Italy occupying nearly two thirds of the country. The Greek victory over the initial Italian offensive of October 1940 was the first Allied land victory of the Second World War and helped raise morale in occupied Europe.".
- Greco-Italian_War causalties "1 submarine".
- Greco-Italian_War causalties "12,368 frostbite cases".
- Greco-Italian_War causalties "13,755 killed".
- Greco-Italian_War causalties "21,153POW".
- Greco-Italian_War causalties "3,914 missing".
- Greco-Italian_War causalties "30,000 long tons of shipping".
- Greco-Italian_War causalties "50,874 wounded".
- Greco-Italian_War causalties "52,108 sick".
- Greco-Italian_War causalties "64 aircraft (another 24 claimed)".
- Greco-Italian_War causalties "General total: 154,172".
- Greco-Italian_War causalties "Total combat losses: 89,696".
- Greco-Italian_War combatant "*Albania".
- Greco-Italian_War combatant "*British Empireair support".
- Greco-Italian_War commander Alexander_Papagos.
- Greco-Italian_War commander Benito_Mussolini.
- Greco-Italian_War commander Ioannis_Metaxas.
- Greco-Italian_War commander John_DAlbiac.
- Greco-Italian_War commander Sebastiano_Visconti_Prasca.
- Greco-Italian_War commander Ubaldo_Soddu.
- Greco-Italian_War commander Ugo_Cavallero.
- Greco-Italian_War date "1940-10-28".
- Greco-Italian_War isPartOfMilitaryConflict Balkan_Campaign_(World_War_II).
- Greco-Italian_War place Balkans.
- Greco-Italian_War result "SeeAftermathsection".
- Greco-Italian_War strength "163 light tanks".
- Greco-Italian_War strength "463 aircraft".
- Greco-Italian_War strength "79 aircraft".
- Greco-Italian_War strength "87,000 rising to 565,000 men".
- Greco-Italian_War strength "Fewer than 260,000 men".
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