italy in greece and yugoslavia
- Italians decide to attack the Greeks
- They fail because Yogoslavia is stronger than Italy
Yugoslavia and Greece: The Balkan Campaign
•Italians decide 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’
•Also attack Yugoslavia with ‘Operation Punishment’
•Detrimental because it delays Operation Barbarossa, the attack on Russia
•They are unsuccessful
•Choose bad time of year in October
•Germans have to bail them out ‘Operation Marita’
•Also attack Yugoslavia with ‘Operation Punishment’
•Detrimental because it delays Operation Barbarossa, the attack on Russia
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