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Yugoslavia and Greece: The Balkan Campaign
- The Balkan Campaign is main reason why Germans lost in Russia
- Italy decides to try attacking Greece
- 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 Operation Barbarossa
summary
Italy attacks on Greece but they fail. Germany helps Italy out but this leads to German failure in Operation Barbarossa.