Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna August 1942, mauto eMubatanidzwa akakwanisa kudzorera kumashure kurwisa kwechipiri kwaEl 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 na
Kubhururuka kweAnglo-America muFrench North Africa, uko kwakaguma nenharaunda yacho ichibatanidzwa 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.