<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: AbaseBrithani babenamabutho aseGibhithe kusukela ngo-1882 kodwa lawa anciphiswa kakhulu yimibandela yeSivumelwano Sase-Anglo-Egyptian sika-1936. Amabutho amancane aseBrithani nawaseCommonwealth ayehlala eSuez Canal nasendleleni eya oLwandle Olubomvu. Lo msele wawubalulekile kwezokuxhumana kweBrithani nezindawo zayo zaseMpumalanga Ekude nase - Indian Ocean. Maphakathi no-1939, uLieutenant-General Archibald Wavell waqokwa njengeSikhulu Esiphezulu i-GOC-in-C se-Middle East Command entsha, phezu kwezindawo zaseMedithera naseMpumalanga Ephakathi. Kuze kube  <response>: Ngemva kokumisa impi phakathi kweFrance ne-Axis, amabutho aseFrance eTunisia abhekana nebutho lesihlanu lase-Italy emngceleni osentshonalanga yeLibya. ELibya, iRoyal Army yayinamadoda angaba ngu-215 000 kanti eGibhithe, abaseBrithani babenamasosha angaba ngu-36 000 namanye amadoda angu-27 500 ayeqeqeshwa ePalestine. 