Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kubatanidzwa kweItaly muHondo Yenyika Yechipiri kwakanga kuchiratidzirwa negadziriro yakaoma yefungidziro, zvematongerwe enyika, uye hurumende, nepo zviito zvayo zvechiuto zvaiwanzokanganiswa zvikuru nezvinhu zvokunze. Italy yakabatana nehondo seimwe yeAxis Powers muna 1940, sezvo French Third Republic yakapa, nehurongwa hwekuisa mauto eItaly pakurwisa kukuru kweBritish Empire muAfrica neMiddle East, inozivikanwa se "hondo yakafanana", ichitarisira kudonha kwemauto eBritish muEuropean theatre. VaItaly
rakapomba Mandatory Palestine, rakapinda muEgypt ndokutora British Somaliland nokubudirira kwokutanga. Zvisinei, zviito zveGermany neJapan muna 1941 zvakatungamirira kupinda kweSoviet Union neUnited States, mumwe nomumwe, muhondo, nokudaro kuchiparadza gadziriro yeItaly yokumanikidzira Britain kubvumirana negadziriro yorugare inotaurirana.