WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The Greco-Italian War (Greek: , Ellinoïtalikós Pólemos), also called the Italo-Greek War, Italian Campaign in Greece, and the War of ‘40 in Greece, took place between the kingdoms of Italy and Greece from 28 October 1940 to 23 April 1941.

Detailed explanation-3: -On August 22, 1940, Italy decided to plan an attack on Greece for October 10, 1940 in order to give priority to the war in North Africa in coordination with the German attack on England.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Corfu Incident was seen as a serious failure for the League. It showed that powerful nations could still bully a less powerful neighbor (Greece was a small, weak country with no powerful friends on the Council).

Detailed explanation-5: -The Invasion of the Balkans: Yugoslavia, Greece and Crete, 1940-1941. On October 28, 1940, the Italian Duce, Benito Mussolini, invaded northern Greece from Albania, which was at that time under Italian control. Although greatly outnumbered, within a month the Greek army had pushed the Italians back into Albania.