Editing Second World War (section)

== Mediterranean and Africa ==
Italy entered the war on 10 June 1940. Italian forces attacked British positions in North Africa and invaded Greece on 28 October 1940. The Greek campaign did not produce a quick Axis victory, and Germany intervened in the Balkans in April 1941.

Germany invaded Yugoslavia and Greece on 6 April 1941. Both campaigns ended within weeks. Resistance movements continued after formal military defeat, especially in Yugoslavia.

In North Africa, German and Italian forces fought British and Commonwealth forces for control of Libya, Egypt, and Tunisia. The Afrika Korps under Erwin Rommel arrived in 1941. Axis forces were finally defeated in Tunisia, where remaining German and Italian troops surrendered on 13 May 1943.

The Allies invaded Sicily on 10 July 1943. Mussolini was removed from power on 25 July 1943. Italy announced an armistice with the Allies on 8 September 1943, after which German forces occupied much of northern and central Italy and continued the war there.