WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The five victims were Tellini, Major Luigi Corti, Lieutenant Mario Bonacini, Albanian interpreter Thanas Gheziri and the chauffeur Remigio Farnetti. None of the victims were robbed. The incident occurred close to the disputed border and therefore could have been carried out by either side.

Detailed explanation-2: -The murder of the Italian General Tellini at the Greek-Albanian frontier in the summer of 1923 by unknown murderers gave Rome the pretext to proceed to a rather premeditated demonstration of power, manifested by the occupation of Corfu by a unit of the Italian war navy.

Detailed explanation-3: -He was shot and killed, presumably by Greek Bandits [citation needed], along with three companions, when the car he was driving in was stopped by a fallen tree across the road that ran along the disputed border near the town of Yannina.

Detailed explanation-4: -In August 1923 Italians forming part of an international boundary delegation were murdered on Greek soil, leading Benito Mussolini to order a naval bombardment of Corfu. After the Greeks appealed to the League of Nations, the Italians were ordered to evacuate but Greece was forced to pay Italy an indemnity.

Detailed explanation-5: -During this speech, Mussolini declared Greece to be a “vital [enemy] of Italy and its expansion.” On 18 March, as signs for an imminent Italian invasion of Albania as well as a possible attack on Corfu mounted, Metaxas wrote in his diary of his determination to resist any Italian attack.