<prompt> Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Italy yakabatana nemaGerman muHondo yeFrance, ichirwa neAlpine Line yakasimbiswa pamuganhu. Mazuva gumi nerimwe chete gare gare, France neGermany dzakasaina chibvumirano chokumisa hondo  <response>: . Yakabatanidzwa muFrance yaidzorwa neItaly yaiva mazhinji eNice nemamwe matunhu okumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva. Mussolini akaronga kuunganidza mauto eItaly kuti arwise Umambo hweBritain muAfrica uye kuMiddle East, hwaizivikanwa sehondo yakafanana, uku achitarisira kuparara kweUnited Kingdom munhandare yeEurope. MaItaly akapinda muEgypt, akarwisa Mandatory Palestine, uye akarwisa maBritish muSudan yavo, Kenya neBritish Somaliland makoloni mune izvo zvaizozivikanwa seEast Africa Campaign; British Somaliland yakundwa uye ikava chikamu cheItaly East Africa musi wa3 Nyamavhuvhu 1940, uye paive nekufambira mberi kweItaly muSudan neKenya nekubudirira kwekutanga. Hurumende yeBritain yakaramba kugamuchira zvikumbiro zvorugare zvaizobatanidza kugamuchira kukunda kweAxis muEurope; zvirongwa zvekupinda muUK hazvina kuenderera mberi uye hondo yakaramba ichienderera mberi. 