 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekukunda kweBritish Somaliland maItaly vakagamuchira chimiro chekudzivirira. Pakupera kwa1940, mauto eItaly akakundwa muMediterranean, Western Desert, Hondo yeBritain uye muHondo yeGreco-Italy. Ikoku kwakasunda Mukuru Mukuru Ugo Cavallero, Mutungamiriri mutsva weItaly weChief of the General Staff muRoma, kugamuchira mutoo mutsva muEast Africa. Muna Zvita 1940, Cavallero akafunga kuti mauto eItaly muEast Africa aifanira kusiya zviito zvekurwisa Sudan neSuez Canal uye kuisa pfungwa pakudzivirira AOI. Mukupindura kuna Cavallero naAosta, avo vakanga vakumbira mvumo yekubva kumuganhu weSudan, mukuru wemauto muRome akarayira mauto eItaly muEast Africa kuti adzokere kunzvimbo dzakanakisisa dzekudzivirira. 