<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Iziphathimandla zaseNew Zealand zathumela i-2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force empini ngezigaba ezintathu zonke ezazinqunyelwe iGibhithe ekuqaleni, kodwa enye yadluliselwa eScotland izofika lapho ngoJuni 1940 kulandela ukuhlasela kweJalimane eFrance. Ngo-Ephreli ka-1941, ngemuva kokuqeqeshwa isikhathi esithile eGibhithe, iNew Zealand 2nd Division ye-2NZEF, eyayihlala eGibhithe, yathunyelwa ukuzobamba iqhaza ekuvikeleni iGreece  <response>: ngokumelene nokuhlasela kwamabutho ase-Italy, futhi ngokushesha amabutho aseJalimane nawo lapho ejoyina ukuhlasela. Lokhu kuvikela kwakubekwe eceleni kwamayunithi aseBrithani nawase-Australia - iqembu le-Commonwealth elincane ngaphansi komyalo weBritish General Henry Maitland Wilson owaziwa ndawonye njenge-W Force, wasekela i-Greek Army ebuthakathaka. 