<prompt> Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pakutanga 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, Italy yakarwisa Greece  <response>: , asi kurwiswa kwakadzoserwa nekurasikirwa kukuru kweItaly; mushandirapamwe wakapera mumwedzi ine shanduko diki dzenharaunda. Germany yakatanga kugadzirira kupinda muBalkans kubatsira Italy, kudzivisa maBritish kuwana nzvimbo ikoko, uko kwaizova tyisidziro ingangoitika kuminda yemafuta yeRomania, uye kurova kutonga kweBritish kweMediterranean. 