Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: Panguva yairwiwa hondo yokuBritain, vaItaly vakapinda muIjipiti vachitarisira kutora Suez Canal. Pakazosvika 16 September 1940, vaItaly vakanga vapfuura nomuganhu. Zvisinei, muna December, vaBritain vakatanga Operation Compass uye, muna February 1941, vaBritain vakanga vaparadzanisa uye vatora 10th Army yeItaly uye vakanga vapinda zvakadzika muLibya. Kupindira kweGermany kwakadzivisa kuwa kweLibya uye kurwiswa kwakabatana kweAxis kwakadzosera maBritish kuEgypt kusvika muzhizha ra1942, vasati vamiswa paEl Alamein.
Kupindira kweAllied kurwisa Morocco neAlgeria dzaitongwa neVichy France kwakagadzira hondo mbiri. Mauto eGermany neItaly akapinda muTunisia mukupera kwa1942 achipindura, zvisinei, mauto muEgypt akakurumidza kumanikidzwa kudzokera kuLibya. Pakazosvika May 1943, mauto eAxis muTunisia akamanikidzwa kuzviisa pasi.