<prompt> Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pendlebury akarayirwa paGeneral List muna January 1940. Akagadzwa kuva mutevedzeri wamambokadzi weBritain paCandia zita reVenetian reHeraklion muna June 1940, asi zita rake rebasa harina kuvanza chimiro chemabasa ake. Iye pakarepo akavamba-kushanda mapurani ake makuru: kuvandudza kuongorora nzira, nzvimbo dzokuvanda, manyuko emvura uye kunzvera vakuru vemhuri vomunzvimbomo vakadai saAntonios Gregorakis naManolis Badouvas. Turkey yakanga yarasa kudzora Krete makore 43 bedzi akanga apfuura uye aya maKapetanios aizova kiyi yokushandisa mudzimu wokurwa weCretan. Muna October, pakuedza kweItaly kupinda muGreece  <response>: , Pendlebury akava mukuru mukuru wekubatana pakati pemapoka eBritish nemasimba ehondo eCretan. 