Balkans 1940 41 (1)

The first of two volumes on the Axis campaigns in the Balkans, exploring Mussolini''s fateful decision to move against Greece in October 1940, when the Greek President Metaxas rejected the Italian ultimatum with a famous ''Oxi'' (''No'').

In the wake of Italy''s rapid annexation of Albania in April 1940, Mussolini''s decision to attack Greece in October that year is widely acknowledged as a fatal m...