The XXVI Army Corps occupied the eastern (left) half of the Italian front with Greece, between the Prespa Lakes and Mount Gobellit.
[1] The Corps' role during the early days of the Italian offensive was to mount diversionary attacks on the Greek front, but from 1 November the Greek troops of the Western Macedonia Army Section (TSDM) launched a counteroffensive, beginning an advance into Albania that was only halted at the Lake Ohrid–Tepeleni line.
The front remained relatively stable thereafter, despite the attempt of the Italian Spring Offensive in March 1941 to achieve a breakthrough.
Based at Ioannina, it assumed occupation duties in western Greece (Epirus and the Ionian Islands), in a coastal defence and anti-partisan role.
In 1942, Julia was repatriated, but in spring 1943, it received operational control over the 1st German Mountain Division.