 Imwe yehondo dzekutanga dzakakosha dzakarwiwa nemauto eFree French mushure mekunge vabatana neAllies yaive paBir Hakeim kwavakadzivirira kurwiswa neAriete Division muchikamu chekutanga cheGazala hondo, uye gare gare vachirwiswa nechisimba chakabatanidzwa cheTrieste ne90th Light Infantry Division. Hondo yeBir Hakeim yakaitirwa mune imwe nzvimbo iri kure mugwenga reLibya, uye yaimbova nhare yeTurkey. Munguva yeHondo yeGazala, 1st Free French Division ye Général de brigade Marie Pierre Kœnig yakadzivirira nzvimbo kubva musi wa 26 Chivabvu kusvika 11 Chikumi 1942 kurwisa kwakakura kurwisa mauto eGerman neItaly anotungamirwa na Generaloberst Erwin Rommel. Hondo yacho gare gare yakashandiswa zvikuru nokuda kwezvinangwa zvorudzidziso namativi ose anobatanidzwa. Tobruk yakatorwa nemauto aRommel mazuva gumi gare gare. Rommel akaramba achifambira mberi achipesana nekunonoka kuita kwevaBritish kusvikira amiswa paFirst Battle of El Alameinmuna July. 