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Part of Balkans campaign (World War II)

Greco-Italian War

October 28, 1940 – April 23, 1941 · Albania

Italy invaded Greece from Albania, but Greek forces pushed the Italians back. Germany then invaded Greece in April 1941.

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Axis powers

Allies of World War II

Axis powers
Italy
Germany
Albania
Greece
United Kingdom
Benito Mussolini belligerent leader Victor Emmanuel III of Italy belligerent leader Shefqet Vërlaci belligerent leader Giovanni Messe belligerent leader Pietro Badoglio belligerent leader Ugo Cavallero belligerent leader Wilhelm List belligerent leader
Alexandros Koryzis belligerent leader Georgios Tsolakoglou belligerent leader Alexandros Papagos belligerent leader Ioannis Metaxas belligerent leader George II of Greece belligerent leader

Strength and losses

Killed
13,755
Wounded
50,874
Captured
21,153
Missing
3,914
Aircraft lost
64
Ships lost
1
Killed
13,325
Wounded
42,485
Captured
1,531
Missing
1,237

Units

11th Army (Italy) 131st Armored Division "Centauro" 2nd Infantry Division "Sforzesca" 37th Infantry Division "Modena" 3rd Alpine Division "Julia" 4th Alpine Division "Cuneense" 59th Infantry Division "Cagliari" 5th Alpine Division "Pusteria"
I Army Corps (Greece) II Army Corps (Greece) 11th Infantry Division (Greece) 13th Infantry Division (Greece) 1st Infantry Division (Greece) 2nd Mechanized Infantry Division 3rd Infantry Division (Greece) 4th Infantry Division (Greece) 6th Infantry Division (Greece) 8th Infantry Division (Greece) 29th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (Greece) 5th Airmobile Brigade

Battles 5

Also involved 3