 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Muna February 1941 boka racho rakatamisirwa kuGreece kunotsigira kurwisa kweGreece kurwisa kweItaly. Yakashandiswa kurwisa zvinangwa muAlbania neItaly, uyewo nokuda kwekugovera kuwira kumapoka echiGiriki. Zvichitevera kupindirwa kweGerman kuGreece muna Kubvumbi 1941, maWellington echikwata akashandiswa kuita kurwisa Bulgaria, asi na17 Kubvumbi kufambira mberi kweGerman kwakamanikidza squadron kuti idzoserwe kuEjipitori. Musi wa 1 Chivabvu 1941, chikwata chevasere veWellingtons kubva ku37 Squadron chakaendeswa kuRAF Aqir muPalestine semhinduro kumatyisidziro eIraq kunhandare yendege yeBritain kuHabbaniya, uye zuva rakatevera rakabatanidzwa mukuputika mabhomba kunzvimbo dzeIraq kunze kweHabbaniya mukufamba kwekutanga kweAnglo-Iraq Hondo. Chikwata ichi chakatamira kuShaibah muIraq gare gare musi iwoyo, ndokuenderera mberi nekurwisa nzvimbo dzeIraq nenhandare dzendege kwemazuva mashoma akatevera. Vamwe vose vaiva muchikwata chacho, panguva iyi, vakaramba vachibhururuka vachirwisa nhandare dzendege dzeGermany neItaly kumaodzanyemba kweGreece neDodecanese. Chikwata chakabva kuIraq chakadzokera kuEgypt musi wa12 Chivabvu. Pashure pokupinda kweGermany muKrete, chikwata chacho chakabhururuka mukutsigira vadziviriri vechitsuwa kusvikira chawa. Kubva musi wa18 Chikumi, mauto eRAF aiva muEgypt, aisanganisira 37, akarwisa Aleppo neBeirut sechikamu chemushandirapamwe weSyria neLebanon. The dzechikwata akaramba kurwisa zvinangwa muGreece uye North Africa akadai zvengarava kufanana Benghazi uye Derna uye kubva November 1941, kushanda kuwedzera pamusoro airfields kugadzirira Operation Crusader. 