 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Kusvikira musi wa 27 Nyamavhuvhu 1941, divi rakanga riri muUnited Kingdom pamabasa ekurwisa kupindirwa, kutarisira kupindirwa kweGerman, pasi pekutungamira kwaMajor-General Willoughby Norrie, uyo aive atora kutungamira musi wa 24 Nyamavhuvhu 1940. Yakanga yava kuenda kuEgypt ichitungamirirwa naMajor-General Herbert Lumsden uye yakasvika musi wa13 November 1941. Mushure mokunge Major-General Lumsden akuvadzwa, Major-General Frank Messervy akatora mutungamiri munaJanuary 1942, achichengetedza mutungamiri kusvikira Major-General Lumsden adzoka muna March. 1st Armoured Division yakatora chikamu muhondo dzakawanda dzeNorth Africa Campaign kurwisa Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel, Desert Fox, kusanganisira Gazala, Mersa Matruh, First El Alamein, Second El Alamein, Tebaga Gap, Mareth Line, Akarit, El Kourzia neTunis. Muna August 1942, Major-General Raymond Briggs akagadzwa kuti atungamirire uye muna July 1943 akatsiviwa naMajor-General Alexander Galloway. 