Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna October 1942, "Duke weYork" akabatanidzwa mukupinda kweAllied muNorth Africa
, asi akaona chiito chiduku sezvo basa rake raida chete kuti adzivirire vatakuri vemhepo vanoperekedza. "Duke weYork" akamisa ngarava yechiPutukezi "Gil Eannes" musi wa1 Mbudzi 1942 uye commando yakasunga Gastão de Freitas Ferraz. VaBritain vakanga vatora mashoko enhepfenyuro airatidza kuti vaiva vasori vengarava, zvichida vachikanganisa zvakavanzika zveOperation Torch yakanga yava kuda kuitwa.