<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ukuqhubekela phambili kukaPlatt e-Eritrea kwahlolwa ngesikhathi seMpi yamaviki ayisikhombisa yaseKeren ngoFebhuwari kuya ku-Ephreli 1941, lapho iNombolo 237 Squadron yabona khona izikhundla zase-Italy futhi yathatha ingxenye ekuhlaseleni ngamabhomu. Ngemuva kokuthi amaNtaliyane ehlehle futhi azinikele, i-Rhodesian squadron yathuthela e-Asmara ngo-Ephreli 6, lapho yaqala khona ukuhlasela ngamabhomu ethekwini laseMassawa. Ngosuku olufanayo, ibutho lase-Italy enhlokodolobha yase-Abyssinian i-Addis Ababa lazinikela ku-11th East Africa Division, kufaka phakathi abantu abaningi baseRhodesia. Phakathi neMpi Yase-Amba Alagi  <response>: , Amandla kaPlatt noCuningham ahlangana futhi azungeza amaNtaliyane asele, ayeholwa yiDuke of Aosta enqabeni esezintabeni e-Amba Alagi. Iphini leNkosi lazinikela ngo-18 Meyi 1941, kwaqeda impi eMpumalanga Afrika. I-No. 237 Squadron kanye ne-Rhodesian Anti-Tank Battery ngemuva kwalokho bathuthela eGibhithe ukujoyina impi eseWestern Desert. Amanye amabutho ase-Italy aqhubeka nokulwa - owokugcina wazinikela kuphela ngemva kweMpi yaseGondar ngoNovemba 1941. Kuze kube yilesi sikhathi ama-Regiments aseNigeria naseGold Coast ayeqondiswa ngokwengxenye yiRhodesia ahlala e-Abyssinia, eqapha futhi ehlanganisa amayunithi ase-Italy ahlakazekile. Cishe ama-officer angama-250 namanye ama-rank angu-1000 avela eNingizimu Rhodesia ahlala eKenya kuze kube maphakathi no-1943. 