Mezue nkebi ahịrịokwu a: Ịtali sonyeere agha ahụ dị ka otu n'ime Mba Ndị Jikọrọ Aka na 1940, na-abanye mgbe o yiri ka France ọ̀ ga-emeri Germany. Mwakpo ndị Italy wakporo France dị mkpụmkpụ ka mba France nke Atọ nyefere onwe ha obere oge ka nke ahụ gasịrị. Ịtali dị njikere ịlụ ọgụ megide Alaeze Ukwu Briten n'Africa na Middle East, nke a maara dị ka "agha yiri ibe ya", ebe ọ na-atụ anya ọdịda yiri nke ahụ nke ndị agha Britain n'ọgbọ agha Europe. Ndị Ịtali
gbara Mandatory Palestine bọmbụ, wakporo Ijipt ma weghara British Somaliland na ihe ịga nke ọma mbụ. Igwe ndị agha Italy gosipụtara adịghị ike n'oge Agha Greco-Italian nke 1940, agha mwakpo nke Italy malitere na-enweghị ihe kpatara ya, mana ebe ndị agha Italy hụrụ obere ọganihu. Enyemaka ndị Germany n'oge Agha Gris ga-emesị gbapụta ndị Itali, na ebumnuche ha dị ukwuu ka emezuru na ngwụsị 1942 na mmetụta ndị Italiantali gbasaa na Mediterranean dum. Italians na-elekọta mpaghara French nke Corsica na Tunisia mgbe ọdịda nke Vichy France na ndị agha German weghaara ya; na a na-etinye ọchịchị puppet na Croatia mgbe German-Italian Invasion nke Yugoslavia. Albania, Ljubljana, ụsọ oké osimiri Dalmatia, na Montenegro abụrụwo nke mba Ịtali weghaara ozugbo. Ndị agha Italy-German enwetakwala mmeri megide ndị nnupụisi na Yugoslavia, ma weghara akụkụ nke ndị Britain na-ejide Egypt na ọganihu ha na El-Alamein mgbe mmeri ha na Gazala gasịrị.