Notes
- 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 the operations Barbarossa, the attack on Russia
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Italians want to establish themselves as a country and attack Greece. When unable to take Greek troops, Germans must help them in Operation Marita and attack Yugoslavia with Operation Punishment.
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If the Italians were to have been successful, would that have effecting the war?