 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kurwisa kwechipiri kwaRommel kwakaitika muna May naJune 1942. Tobruk yakatorwa pakurwiswa kwokunze musi wa 21 June 1942, vachitora chiverengero chikuru zvikurusa chemauto eBritain eCommonwealth pashure pokuwa kweSingapore pakuvamba kwegore, uko vanopfuura 80 000 vakatapwa. Rommel akasimudzirwa kuva Generalfeldmarschall, nokukurumidza pashure pacho uye akanga ari muduku mu Wehrmacht Heer kuti awane chinzvimbo ichi. Zvikamu zvinotevera zvakaiswa muTobruk musi wa20 Chikumi 1942, uye mazhinji acho akabatwa nemauto eAxis: 