 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi wa 3 Mbudzi, chikamu chakatumidzwa zita re6th Infantry Division. Chikamu ichi pakutanga chakatungamira vashandi vekumashure uye 22nd Infantry Brigade. Mumwedzi yakatevera, 14th ne16th Infantry Brigades dzakanzi dzibatane neboka iri sezvo dzakasvika muEgypt dzichibva kuPalestine. Pana June 10, 1940, Italy yakazivisa hondo kuBritain nehama dzayo. Mazuva manomwe gare gare, 6th Infantry Division yakaparadzwa uye dzimbahwe rayo rakashandurwa kuva vakuru vakuru veboka rinozivikanwa seWestern Desert Force WDF. Pakuvamba kwaSeptember 1940, mauto eItaly aiva muLibya akapinda muEgypt. Mwedzi mitatu gare gare, WDF yakatanga kurwisa kwakaganhurirwa, Operation Compass. Kurwisa kwacho kwakabudirira uye kwakawedzerwa; mumwedzi miviri WDF yakafambira mberi, yakatora dunhu reItaly reCyrenaica ndokuparadza 10th Army yeItaly. Basa racho rakamiswa muna February 1941 kuitira kuti hondo yeGreece itange. 