 Nyora kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi wa6 Kukadzi 1941, Rommel akagadzwa semutungamiriri weAfrika Korps nyowani Deutsches Afrika Korps; DAK, yaive ne5th Light Division yakazotumidzwa zita rekuti 21st Panzer Division uye ye15th Panzer Division. Akakwidziridzwa kuva Generalleutnant mazuva matatu gare gare uye akaenda kuTripoli musi wa 12 Kukadzi. DAK yakanga yatumirwa kuLibya muOperation Sonnenblumekutsigira mauto eItaly ayo akanga akundwa zvakasimba nemauto eBritish Commonwealth muOperation Compass. Kuedza kwaakaita muWestern Desert Campaign kwakaita kuti Rommel apiwe zita remadunhurirwa rokuti Mbeva Yomurenje nevatori venhau vokuBritain. Mauto eAllied muAfrica aitungamirirwa naGeneral Archibald Wavell, Mutungamiriri Mukuru, Middle East Command. 