Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kusvikira muna May, kugoverwa kwemwedzi woga woga kwakanga kuri avhareji, kuduku kupfuura simba duku reAxis rakagamuchirwa kubva muna June kusvika muna October 1941 asi rakakwana nokuda kwechiito chokurwisa. Kufambira mberi kuGazala kwakabudirira nemhaka yokuti Benghazi yakanga yakazaruka, ichideredza daro rokutakura nokuda kwezvinenge zvezvinopiwa zveuto revaIsraeri. VaItaly vakaedza kudzora Rommel kupfurikidza nokutsigira kubatwa kweMalta, uko kwaizosundira mberi kumwe kudenha muAfrica kusvikira mumatsutso asi vakabvuma kurwisa Tobruk pakupera kwaMay. Kufambira mberi kwaizomira pamuganhu weEgypt, kumwe kumabvazuva uye Luftwaffe yaizotambanudzazve nokuda kweOperation Herkules
. Kutorwa kweMalta hakwaizochinja zvipingamupinyi zvechiteshi chechiteshi uye chinhambwe; kuchengetedza makondirakiti uye chiteshi chikuru chiri pedyo nechemberi zvaizoramba zvichidikanwa kukunda.