 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kubva pakati paJune 1940, zvichitevera kupinda nokukurumidza kweGermany nokugara kwePoland, Denmark, Norway, France, Belgium, Luxembourg neNetherlands, British Commonwealth ndiyo yakanga iri muvengi mukuru weGermany neAxis, kusvikira kupinda muhondo kweSoviet Union muna June 1941. Munguva iyi Australia, India, New Zealand neSouth Africa vakapa makumi ezvikepe nemapoka akati wandei ekudzivirira kweMediterranean, Greece, Crete, Lebanon neEgypt, uko mauto eBritish aive mashoma mana kune rimwe nemauto eItaly muLibya neEthiopia. Canada yakapazve 2nd Canadian Infantry Division, vatyairi vendege vezvikwata zviviri zvendege, uye ngarava dzehondo dzinoverengeka kuBritain kutarisana nokupinda kunobvira kubva kunyika huru. 