 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kufamba nechikepe kuburikidza neBombay, muIndia, uko battalion yakadzika musasa kwenguva pfupi paDeolali isati yaendeswa kunotakura Christiaan Huygens musi wa12 November 1940. Bhatani racho rakasvika muEgypt pakupera kwemwedzi, richidzika paEl Kantara musi wa26 Mbudzi. Mushure mekutamira kumusasa paKilo 89, paGaza Ridge, vakapedza mwedzi yakati kuti vachipedzisa kudzidziswa kuPalestine vasati vadzidziswa zvishoma 9th Division yakatumirwa kuCyrenaica munaKurume 1941 zvichitevera kuenda kwe6th Division kuGreece. Zvichitevera kusvika kwemauto eGermany kuNorth Africa, vaBritain vakamanikidzwa kuzvidzivirira uye vakamanikidzwa kubva kuBenghazi kuenda kuchiteshi chengarava cheTobruk, icho chakazoshungurudzwa.; 213th yakaumba chikamu chevarindi vekumashure panguva yekubva kwavakawana musiyano wekuve wekutanga weAustralia Mauto unit kuti vaone chiito kurwisa maGerman, vachirwisa pfupi, asi yakatsemuka kunonoka chiito paEr Regima musi wa4 Kubvumbi 1941 vachipesana nesimba rakapetwa katatu kukura kwavo. Panguva iyoyo, 213th yakanga isati yapedza kudzidziswa kwayo, uye yakakurumidza kugadzirirwa nezvombo zveItaly zvinorema, zvombo zvehondo uye zviratidzo sezvo yakaiswa mumutsara panzvimbo yakakwirira ine matombo yakatenderedza nhandare yendege yeBenin. Nekambani imwe inochengetedza vasungwa vakakomberedza Barce, iyo yasara ye2 13th yakatanga kuita mashandiro masikati e4 Kubvumbi 1941, sezvo vafambi veGerman nematangi vakarwisa chinzvimbo chavo kwemaawa akati wandei. Nekutsigirwa neBritish artillery regiment, 213th yakabata nzvimbo yavo kusvika manheru, kusvikira motokari dzeItaly dzakatorwa dziunzwa kuti dzibvise battalion. Kurwisana kwacho kwakapinza 213th Battalion mukurasikirwa ne98. 