 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna May 1942, 1st Free French Brigade yakatumirwa kuBir Hakeim, mugumo wokumaodzanyemba weBritish Eighth Armys line paGazala muLibya. Sezvo Panzer Army Afrika yakagadzirira kurwisa mutsara weBritain, Koenig akarayira vakadzi vose kuti vabve munharaunda yacho. Mauto eAxis akarwisa musi wa 26 Chivabvu, achitanga hondo yeGazala. Mapoka mana eGermany neItaly akarwisa Bir Hakeim. Pasina nguva refu, Travers akabatana nekomisheni kumashure kwenzvimbo, uye Koenig akamubvumidza kuti adzokere kuBir Hakeim, sezvo zvaiita sekuti kurwisa kweAxis kwakanga kwakatadza. Mumavhiki maviri akatevera, Axis yakaramba ichirwisa, ichipfura zvine simba uye ichibhomba Bir Hakeim. Pakurwiswa nebhomba, gomba rakabvarura denga remotokari yaKoenig. Travers, achibetserwa nomutyairi weVietnamese, akaigadzira ipapo ipapo. 