She was forced to do so because the previous Italian invasion to conquer Greece in October 1940 had failed.
The Germans codenamed this invasion Operation Marita.
When the German attack began, most of the Greek troops were on the Albanian border fighting the Italians.
Therefore, the second German front attacking from Bulgaria immediately fell on the defensive of the Greek forces and a small contingent of British Commonwealth troops.
Greek forces on the Albanian border were quickly outflanked and forced their surrender, while Commonwealth troops conducted a tactical withdrawal to allow an evacuation.
Athens fell on April 27, within three weeks of the start of the election campaign.
Operation Marita ended three days later with the complete conquest of mainland Greece.
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