<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: I - Italy yajoyina amaJalimane eMpini YaseFrance, ilwa ne - Alpine Line eqinisiwe emngceleni. Ngemva kwezinsuku eziyishumi nanye nje kuphela, iFrance neJalimane basayina isivumelwano  <response>: isivumelwano sokuthula. IFrance eyayilawulwa amaNtaliyane yayihlanganisa iningi laseNice nezinye izifunda eziseningizimu-mpumalanga. UMussolini wahlela ukugxilisa amabutho ase-Italy ekuhlaselweni okukhulu koMbuso WaseBrithani e-Afrika naseMpumalanga Ephakathi, okwaziwa ngokuthi impi ehambisanayo, ngenkathi elindele ukuwa kwe-UK enkundleni yemidlalo yaseYurophu. AmaNtaliyane ahlasela iGibithe, ahlasela i-Mandatory Palestine, futhi ahlasela amaBrithani eSudan, eKenya naseBritish Somaliland amakoloni abo kulokho okwaziwa ngokuthi yi-East African Campaign; iBritish Somaliland yanqotshwa futhi yaba yingxenye ye-Italian East Africa ngo-3 Agasti 1940, futhi kwakukhona ukuqhubekela phambili kwamaNtaliyane eSudan naseKenya ngempumelelo yokuqala. Uhulumeni waseBrithani wenqaba ukwamukela iziphakamiso zokuthula ezaziyohilela ukwamukela ukunqoba kwe-Axis eYurophu; izinhlelo zokuhlasela i-UK azizange ziqhubeke futhi impi yaqhubeka. 