 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Vasati vaenda kuEgypt, divi rakatsinhanisa mabhirigadi ne1st Armoured Division. Sezvo brigade yakagamuchirwa mukutsinhana yaingova nehurumende imwe chete yakashongedzwa, simba rechikamu rakaderedzwa kusvika kumatatu ehurumende. Pakusvika muEgypt muna December 1940, boka racho rakaderedzwazve kuitira kuti ripe rubatsiro rweOperation Lustre, simba rekutsvaga kuGreece. Zvikamu zvakapatsanurwa zvaisanganisira zvikamu zviviri muzvitatu zvematangi eboka, battalion yevarwi, uye rutsigiro rwezvombo. Zvakasara zveboka racho zvakabva zvaenda kudunhu reCyrenaica muItaly Libya, iyo yakanga yakundwa panguva yeOperation Compass. Matangi akasara edhivhizheni akanga apera simba; akawedzerwa nemhando dzeItaly dzakanga dzatorwa idzo dzakanga dzakashatawo. Muna March, kurwisa kweGermany neItalykwakatungamirira kukuparadzwa kweboka racho, nokudzingwa kwamaBritish muCyrenaica, kunze kweTobruk. Vaongorori vezvakaitika kare vanobvumirana kuti pakanga pasina zvakawanda zvaigona kuitwa nedhivhizheni iyi kudzivirira izvi, zvichipiwa mamiriro ezvinhu ekuti yakanga isina kugadzirirwa, isina kugadzirirwa zvakanaka, isina kudzidziswa zvakanaka, uye isina kutaurirana kwakakwana uye cheni yekuraira isina kujeka. 