<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: 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 ehondo eItaly akatamburawo kukundwa kwakakomba, neRoyal Navy ichiisa ngarava nhatu dzehondo dzeItaly kunze kwekushandiswa kuburikidza ne  <response>: kurwiswa kwevatakuri vengarava paTaranto, nekubvisa zvimwe zvikepe zvehondo zvinoverengeka paHondo yeCape Matapan. 