Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Hondo yakarwiwa zvikurukuru muWestern Desert, iyo yaiva makiromita 390 (240 mi) yakareba, kubva kuMersa Matruh muEgypt, kumadokero kusvika kuGazala pamhenderekedzo yeLibya, pamwe neVia Balbia, nzira chete yakagadzirwa. Gungwa reSand, 150 mi (240 km) mukati, rakaratidza muganhu wokumaodzanyemba werenje rakakura kwazvo paGiarabub neSiwa; mumutauro weBritish, Western Desert yakazosanganisira kumabvazuva kweCyrenaica muLibya. Kubva pamhenderekedzo yegungwa, ichipinda mukati menyika, pane nzvimbo yakasimudzwa, yakatwasuka yegwenga rine matombo anenge mamita 150 pamusoro pegungwa, iyo inomhanya makiromita 200 kusvika kuGungwa rejecha. Nharaunda yacho inogara nenhamba shoma yevaBedouin vanofamba-famba, zvipembere, nyoka uye nhunzi. Nzira dzevaBedouin dzaibatanidza matsime uye pasi raive nyore kuyambuka; kufamba murenje kwaiitwa nezuva, nyeredzi, kambasi uye "pfungwa yerenje", kuona kwakanaka kwezvakatipoteredza kwakawanikwa neruzivo. Apo mauto eItaly akapfuurira kupinda muEgypt muna September 1940, Maletti Group, isina ruzivo rwemamiriro erenje, yakarasika ichisiya Sidi Omar, yakanyangarika uye yaifanira kuwanikwa nendege. Muchirimo nomuzhizha, mazuva anopisa zvikuru uye usiku hunotonhora zvikuru. Sirocco (Gibleh kana kuti Ghibli), mhepo inopisa yomurenje, inovhuvhuta makore ejecha rakanaka, iro rinoderedza kuoneka kusvika kumamita mashomanene uye rinovhara maziso, mapapu, michina, zvokudya uye gadziriro; motokari nendege dzinoda mafuta chaiwo uye mafirita emhepo uye ivhu risingabereki rinoreva kuti mvura nezvokudya pamwe chete nezvitoro zvamauto, zvinofanira kutakurwa zvichibva kunze.  Mubvunzo: Chii chiri muMersa Matruh muEgypt?
Gungwa rejecha