<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - NgoFebhuwari 1941 leli butho ladluliselwa eGrisi ukuze lisekele ukumelana kwamaGreki nokuhlasela kwamaNtaliyane  <response>: . futhi. Yayisetshenziselwa ukuhlasela imigomo e-Albania nase-Italy, futhi futhi nokuhlinzeka ngamabutho amaGrikhi. Ngemuva kokuhlasela kweJalimane eGrisi ngo-Ephreli 1941, ama-Wellingtons aleli qembu asetshenziselwa ukuhlasela iBulgaria, kodwa ngo-Ephreli 17 ukuqhubekela phambili kwamaJalimane kwaphoqa ukuthi leli qembu libuyiselwe emuva eGibhithe. Ngomhlaka 1 Meyi 1941, iqembu lama-Wellington ayisishiyagalombili avela ku-37 Squadron lathunyelwa e-RAF Aqir ePalestine njengempendulo yezinsongo zase-Iraq esizeni sezindiza saseBrithani eHabbaniya, kwathi ngosuku olulandelayo lathatha ingxenye ekuhlaseleni ngamabhomu izikhundla zase-Iraq ngaphandle kweHabbaniya ekuhambeni kokuqala kweMpi YamaNgisi nama-Iraqi. Iqembu lathuthela eShaibah e-Iraq kamuva ngalolo suku, futhi laqhubeka nokuhlasela izikhundla zase-Iraq nezindawo zezindiza ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezilandelayo. Phakathi naleso sikhathi, ingxenye esele yaleli qembu, yaqhubeka nokushaya izindiza ezindiza ezindizeni zaseJalimane nezase-Italy eningizimu yeGreece naseDodecanese. Ibutho elalisese-Iraq laphindela eGibhithe ngoMeyi 12. Ngemva kokuhlasela kweJalimane iKrethe, leli butho landizela ukusekela abavikeli besiqhingi kwaze kwawa. Kusukela ngomhlaka-18 Juni, amabutho e-RAF ase-Egypt-based Wellington squadrons, ahlanganisa ama-37, aqhuba ukuhlasela e-Aleppo naseBeirut njengengxenye yomkhankaso waseSyria-Lebanon. I-squadron yaqhubeka nokuhlasela imigomo eGrisi naseNyakatho Afrika njengamatheku afana neBenghazi neDerna futhi kusukela ngoNovemba 1941, yasebenza ngokuya ngokumelene nezinkundla zezindiza ukulungiselela i-Operation Crusader. 