<prompt> Kurwisa kweItaly muEast Africa kwakatanga kubudirira, sezvo maItaly akatora British Somaliland uye zvikamu zviduku zveSudan neKenya, asi kushaya mafuta uye zvinhu zvakavamanikidza kuti vasiye chero chinangwa chekufambira mberi uye kutora nzvimbo yekudzivirira pakurwisa kunotarisirwa. Kurwisa uku kwakauya kubva kumapoka maviri eIndia kubva kuSudan, mapoka matatu kubva kuKenya uye kurwisa kweamphibious kubva kuAden, mukubatana neEthiopia Arbegnoch vapanduki. Mauto eAllied akatora Somalia muna February, Eritrea muna March-April mushure mekurwa kwakakosha kweKeren, uye Addis Ababa, guta guru reEthiopia, muna April. Duke weAosta, mutevedzeri wamambo weItaly East Africa, akazvipa paAmb Alagi  <response>: muna May. Mauto eItaly muEast Africa akapfupikiswa nekumanikidzwa kweRegia Aeronautica muHondo yeBritain panguva iyoyo, ichisiya ndege zana nemakumi mashanu chete muEthiopia, pamwe nekusakwanisa kugamuchira zvitengeswa kubva kuItaly. Mamwe mauto eItaly, akadai seGondar neCulqualber, akaramba akatsiga kusvikira muna November 1941, uye nhamba duku yevaItaly yakarwisa hondo yemagandanga kwenguva yakati rebei, vamwe vachienderera mberi kusvikira muna 1943. 