 Operation Battleaxe 4th Indian and 7th Armoured muna June 1941 yakanga ine chinangwa chokubvisa kumabvazuva kweCyrenaica kwemauto eGermany neItaly; chimwe chezvinhu zvikuru zvaizobatsira izvi kwaizova kubviswa kweKukombwa kweTobruk. Basa racho harina kubudirira kurasikirwa nehafu yematangi avo pazuva rokutanga uye rakagamuchira kukunda chete pane imwe chete kubva pamakumbo matatu. Pazuva rechipiri, vakawana migumisiro yakasanganiswa, vachidzoserwa kumashure kumadokero kwavo asi vakadzosera kurwisa kukuru kweGermany pakati pavo. Pazuva rechitatu, vaBritain vakapukunyuka nenjodzi nekubudirira kudzokera shure nguva pfupi pamberi pekufamba kweGerman kwakakomberedza uko kungadai kwakavadimbura kubva pakudzokera shure. 