 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kurwisa kwechipiri kwaRommel kwakaitika muna May naJune 1942. Tobruk yakatorwa pakurwiswa kunze musi wa 21 Chikumi 1942, ichitora huwandu hukuru hwemauto eBritish Commonwealth mushure mekudonha kweSingaporepakuvamba mugore racho, uko vanopfuura 80 000 vakabatwa. Rommel akasimudzirwa kuva Generalfeldmarschall, nokukurumidza pashure pacho uye akanga ari muduku mu Wehrmacht Heer kuti awane chinzvimbo ichi. Zvikamu zvinotevera zvakaiswa muTobruk musi wa20 Chikumi 1942, uye mazhinji acho akabatwa nemauto eAxis: 