<prompt> Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Kufambira mberi kwaPlatt muEritrea kwakadzorwa mukati memavhiki manomwe ehondo yeKeren Kukadzi-Kubvumbi 1941, panguva iyo No. 237 Squadron yakacherechedza nzvimbo dzeItaly ndokutora chikamu mukuputika mabhomba. VaItaly vakadzokera shure uye vakazvipira, chikwata cheRhodesia chakatamira kuAsmara musi wa6 Kubvumbi, uko kwakatangira kubhomba chiteshi chengarava cheMassawa. Zuva rimwe chetero, varwi veItaly muguta guru reAbyssinian Addis Ababa vakazvipira ku11th East Africa Division, kusanganisira vazhinji veRhodesia. Mukati meHondo yeAmba Alagi  <response>: Mauto aPlatt naCunningham akaungana ndokukomberedza mauto ose eItaly, ayo aitungamirirwa naDuke weAosta pamakomo eAmba Alagi. Mutevedzeri wamambo akazvipira musi wa 18 Chivabvu 1941, achigumisa hondo muEast Africa. No. 237 Squadron neRhodesian Anti-Tank Battery ipapo vakaenda kuEgypt kunobatana nehondo muWestern Desert. Mamwe mauto eItaly akaramba achirwa - ekupedzisira akangozvipira chete pashure peHondo yeGondar muna November 1941. Kusvikira panguva ino Nigeria neGold Coast Regiments dzaitungamirirwa neRhodesia dzakaramba dziri muAbyssinia, dzichifambisa uye dzichiunganidza zvikamu zveItaly zvakapararira. Vanenge maofficial 250 uye mamwe maofficial chiuru kubva kuSouthern Rhodesia vakaramba vari muKenya kusvika pakati pa1943. 