Yugoslavie and Greece: The balkan campaign
- italians decided to try and establish themselves by attacking the Greeks
- they are unsuccessful
- choose bad time of year in October
- Germans have to bail them out 'Operation Marita' and 'operation punishment'
- eventually they re successful in taking over Greece but it delays operation barbarossa
Summary
The Italians tried to establish themselves by attacking the Greeks, however they are unsuccessful because they chose a bad time of the year in October. The germans had to bail out the Italians with Operation Marita and Operation punishment. Eventually, they are re-succesful in taking over Greece but it delays operation Barbarossa.
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