Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ọ na-ewepụ si desert na-alụ ọgụ na January 1941, iji nyere aka iguzogide
Ndị Ịtali wakporo Gris. Site na Machị 12, Pat Pattle, onye isi Commonwealth na-efe efe, nọ n'isi ruo mgbe e gburu ya n'agha na Eprel 20. Ndị agha ahụ tinyere aka na ọgụ siri ike na-esochi mwakpo ndị Germany, ma na-alaghachi na Crete na 27 Eprel. N'ihi ọnwụ dị ukwuu na-aga n'ihu, ndị agha ahụ ga-ejikọta na No. 80 Squadron RAF na ndị ọrụ ala lụrụ ọgụ aka na aka na ndị agha German iji chebe ọdụ ụgbọ elu. Ndị fọdụrụ na 33 Squadron lara ezumike nká n'Ijipt site na njedebe nke May mgbe Agha Crete gasịrị. Squadron sonyere na laghachiri iji kwado ndị agha na Western Desert, gụnyere na Agha nke El Alamein, na-agbanwe Hurricanes ya maka Supermarine Spitfires na Disemba 1943.