Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kubatanidzwa kweItaly muHondo Yenyika Yechipiri kwakaratidzirwa nehurongwa hwakaomarara hwepfungwa, zvematongerwo enyika, uye zvematongerwo enyika, nepo zviito zvaro zvemauto zvaiwanzo kukanganiswa zvakanyanya nezvinhu zvekunze. Italy yakabatana nehondo seimwe yeAxis Powers muna 1940, sezvo French Third Republic yakapa, nehurongwa hwekuisa mauto eItaly pakurwisa kukuru kweBritish Empire muAfrica neMiddle East, inozivikanwa se "hondo yakafanana", ichitarisira kudonha kwemauto eBritish muEuropean theatre. VaItaly vakaputitsa bhomba Mandatory Palestine
, vakapinda muEgypt ndokutora British Somaliland nekubudirira kwekutanga. Zvisinei, zviito zveGermany neJapan muna 1941 zvakatungamirira kupinda kweSoviet Union neUnited States, mumwe nomumwe, muhondo, nokudaro kuchiparadza gadziriro yeItaly yokumanikidzira Britain kubvumirana negadziriro yorugare inotaurirana.