 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Chikamu chakavandudzwa muUK uye chakashanda pamabasa ekudzivirira kupindirwa, nguva nenguva vachifanira kurega matangi avo nemabrigade ematangi kuti atumirwe kuMiddle East. Ikoku kwakapfuurira kutozosvikira muna August 1941 apo rutivi rukuru rweboka rwakaenda Egipita. Zvaakanga afamba achitenderera South Africa Yakatanga kuburuka paSuez mukupera kwaNovember ndokutanga kurovedza murenje. Yakaenda mumutsara pasi peEighth Army mukupera kwaZvita panguva yeOperation Crusader, asi zvakare yakashandiswa zvishoma, uye yakatambura zvakanyanya panguva yekurwa uye kudzoka kwaJanuary 1942 uye Hondo yeGazala muna Chivabvu. Rakarwa mukurwira El Alameinnzvimbo muna July. 