<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: VaBritain vakanga vaine mauto muEgypt kubvira muna 1882 asi aya akaderedzwa zvikuru nemitemo yeAnglo-Egyptian Treaty ya1936. Mauto maduku eBritain neCommonwealth akachengetedza Suez Canal uye nzira yeGungwa Dzvuku. Mugero wacho waikosha pakukurukurirana kweBritain nenharaunda dzayo dzokuFar East neIndian Ocean. Pakati pa1939, Lieutenant-General Archibald Wavell akagadzwa General Officer Commanding-in-Chief GOC-in-C weMiddle East Command, pamusoro peMediterranean neMiddle East theaters. Kusvikira  <response>: Franco-Axis armistice, zvikamu zveFrance muTunisia zvakatarisana neItaly 5th Army kumuganhu wokumadokero weLibya. MuLibya, Royal Army yakanga ine varume vanenge 215 000 uye muEgypt, maBritish akanga ane mauto anenge 36 000 uye vamwe varume 27 500 vaidzidziswa muPalestine. 