<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pakazosvika 1940, Deans akanga ari kuMiddle East, uko 2NZEF yakanga yaendeswa nokuda kwebasa rehondo. Akaenderera mberi nokudhirowa kwake, achiita mifananidzo yemaruwa eEgipita. Mutungamiriri webato rake, Lieutenant Colonel Howard Kippenberger, aitsigira basa rake. Deans gare gare akapedza mufananidzo waKippenberger uyo wakashandiswa kuenzanisira nhoroondo yake. Muna March 1941, 2nd New Zealand Division yakatumirwa kuGreece. Hurumende yeBritain yakafanoona kupindirwa kweGreece nemaGerman uye yakasarudza kutumira mauto kuti atsigire vaGiriki, avo vakanga vachitambudzwa.  <response>: vakatoita hondo navaItaly muAlbania. 2nd New Zealand Division yaiva imwe yezvikamu zveAllied zvakatumirwa kuGreece. Mushandirapamwe wacho wakanga uri muduku zvikuru kupfuura nhevedzano yokurega asi Deans achiri kuwana nguva yokuita mifananidzo youpenyu mumisha yechiGiriki yaakaona. Pakapera hondo muGreece, Deans aiva pakati pevaya vakaendeswa kuKrete. 