Question: who won the war in the balkans ww2
Answer: Balkans Campaign Part of Eastern Front Theatre and Mediterranean and Middle East Theatre of the Second World War German paratroopers on Crete in 1941 Date 28 October 1940 -- 1 June 1941 ( 7 months and 4 days ) Location Albania , Yugoslavia , Greek mainland and the Greek islands Result Axis victory Guerilla war in Yugoslavia Territorial changes Yugoslavia and Greece are added to Axis control Belligerents Axis : Germany Italy Albania Hungary Bulgaria Allies : Yugoslavia Greece British Empire Australia New Zealand Commanders and leaders Wilhelm List Maximilian von Weichs Kurt Student Ugo Cavallero Giovanni Messe Elemér Gorondy - Novák Dušan Simović Milorad Petrović Alexander Papagos Henry Maitland Wilson Bernard Freyberg Strength 680,000 565,000 850,000 430,000 62,612