Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Inotanga naMay 1942 Axis envelopment yemutsara paGazala, inoenderera nekutora Tobruk, hondo dziri mumugwagwa unoenda kuEl Alamein, uye inopedzisa neChipiri Hondo yeEl Alamein. Kuitira kupa mamwe nhoroondo kururama, kana mhute hondo iri kusashanda iri mutambo uyu, vatambi 'zvikamu zvinogona kukuvadzwa yavo migodhi minda. ("Hakuna chinhu chakadai senzvimbo ine zvimbambaira ine ushamwari".) Kufambisa kwakanyanya uye kutanga kweAfrika Korps, sekugona kuumba "ad hoc" kampfgruppen, kunotevedzwa nekupa maGerman mayuniti nharaunda yepamusoro yekuraira, iyo inokanganisa zvakanaka mweya uye kugovera. Chiitiko cheOperation Herkules
, kupindirwa kweAxis kweMalta, kunobatanidzwawo sebhonasi.