Operation Marita

The Battle of Greece (also known as Operation Marita, ) is the common name for the Axis invasion of Allied Greece by Nazi Germany in April 1941. It is concomitant to the stalled Fascist Italian invasion known as the Greco-Italian War. It is usually distinguished from the Battle of Crete, which came after mainland Greece had been subdued. These Axis operations were part of the greater Balkan Campaign of Germany in World War II.