 Kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Pakupinda kweItaly muHondo Yenyika II, Hondo yeChishanu yeItaly yakatanga kupinda kweItaly muEjipitori kubva kuCyrenaica munaGunyana 1940. Egypt yakatema hukama neAxis masimba mushure mekupinda kwevaItaly, asi yakaramba isina kwayakarerekera kusvika pedyo nekupera kwehondo. Italy yakatsvaka kudzora Suez Canal asi yakamisa kufambira mberi kwavo paSidi Barrani, ichimirira mainjiniya kuti avake mugwagwa, uye zvimwe zvinhu. Kurwisa kweBritain, Operation Compass, kwakatanga muna December 1940 nokupinda muLibya. Mushure mekukunda kukuru, vakadzoserwa nevashandi veGerman vaitungamirwa naGerman General Erwin Rommel, avo vakapindazve muEjipitori uye zvakare vakadzingwa mushure meHondo yechipiri yeEl-Alamein. 