Nyorai kupfuurira kwendima iyi - Muna August 1942, maAllies akabudirira kupfuuridza kurwisa kwechipiri paEl Alamein uye, pamutengo mukuru, akakwanisa kuendesa zvinhu zvaidiwa zvikuru kuMalta yakanga yakombwa. Mwedzi mishomanene gare gare, vaAllies vakatanga kurwisa kwavo vamene muEgypt, vachidzinga maAxis mauto ndokutanga kufamba kumadokero vachipfuura neLibya. Kurwisa uku kwakateverwa nokukurumidza pashure pacho nokumhara kweAnglo-America muFrench North Africa
, izvo zvakaguma nokubatanidzwa kwedunhu racho neAllies. Hitler akapindura kupanduka kwenyika yeFrance nokurayira kuti France yeVichy itongwe; kunyange zvazvo mauto eVichy asina kuramba kutyorwa kwechibvumirano ichi, akakwanisa kunyudza ngarava dzavo kuti dzisabatwa nemauto eGermany. Mauto eAxis muAfrica akadzokera kuTunisia, iyo yakakundwa neAllies muna May 1943.