<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pakuvamba kwaJune 1940, Regia Aeronautica yeItaly yakarwisa ndokukomba Malta, nyika yeBritain. Kubva pakupera kwezhizha kusvika pakutanga kwematsutso, Italy yakakunda British Somaliland uye yakapinda muEgypt yaitongwa neBritain. Muna October,  <response>: Italy yakarwisa Girisi, asi kurwisa kwacho kwakadzoswa shure nekurasikirwa kukuru kwevaItaly; hondo yacho yakapera mumwedzi mishoma nekuchinja kudiki kwenzvimbo. Germany yakatanga kugadzirira kupinda muBalkans kubatsira Italy, kudzivisa maBritish kuwana nzvimbo ikoko, uko kwaizova tyisidziro ingangoitika kuminda yemafuta yeRomania, uye kurova kutonga kweBritish kweMediterranean. 