Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - "Guardian" akabatira muIndian Ocean pakati pa1941 na1942. Akatora rutivi mukurwiswa kweMadagascar uye akabetsera kuvaka hwaro muMaldives paAddu Atoll muna 1942 kana Ceylon ikawira mumaoko eJapane. Akavakawo dzimwe nzvimbo mbiri dzokuchengetera ngarava dzokutengesa dzaiungana kuti dziite mapoka: imwe yaiva pedyo neMombasa uye imwe pedyo neCape Town. "Muchengeti" akabva adzokera kuGibraltar ndokutora chikamu mukupinda kweAlgeria paOran (Mers-el-Kebir) muna 1942. Pashure pacho, vakadzokera kuBelfast nokuda kwokuvandudzwa uye kugadziriswa kwezvombo zvekuwedzera zvinopesana nemhepo. Gare gare, akabatanidzwa mukupinda muSicily
(Operation Husky) uye Italy.