 Asi nokukurumidza Britain yakarovazve pakupera kwegore iroro. Muna December 1940, mauto eBritain neCommonwealth akatanga Operation Compass iyo, muna February 1941, yakaguma nokukunda Cyrenaica yose nokuparadzwa kwakakwana kweuto guru reItaly. Muna January 1941, mamwe mauto eBritain neCommonwealth akatanga kupinda muItaly East Africa. Pakazosvika November wegore iroro, pakupera kweHondo yokuEast Africa, mauto okupedzisira eItaly akanga akarongeka akazviisa pasi achiremekedzwa muchiuto muGondar nepo vamwe vakuru vakuru vokuItaly vakatanga hondo yevagandanga, zvikurukuru muEthiopia neEritrea. 