<prompt> Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna December 1940, mauto oUmambo hweBritain akatanga kurwisa mauto eItaly muEgypt neItaly East Africa. Kurwisa kwacho kwakabudirira zvikuru; pakazosvika kutanga kwaFebruary 1941, Italy yakanga yarasikirwa nokutonga kumabvazuva kweLibya, uye nhamba huru yemauto eItaly yakanga yatapwa. Mauto eItaly akakundwawo zvikuru, neRoyal Navy ichiisa ngarava nhatu dzehondo dzeItaly kunze kwekushanda kuburikidza nekurwiswa kwevatakuri paTaranto  <response>: , nekubvisa zvimwe zvikepe zvehondo zvakawanda muhondo yeCape Matapan. 