<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Hondo yeItaly muEast Africa yakatanga yakabudirira zvikuru, sezvo vaItaly vakatora British Somaliland uye zvikamu zviduku zveSudan neKenya, asi kushayikwa kwemafuta uye zviwanikwa 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 pa  <response>: Amba Alagi 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. 