Kunyange zvazvo Africa Corps yakatora Tobruk mazuva gumi gare gare, kunonoka kwakaiswa pakurwisa kweAxis nekudzivirirwa kweBir Hakeim kwakakonzera kubviswa kweOperation Herkules
, kuronga kweGermany kupinda muSuez Canal neMalta. Kumira kwevaFree French kwakapa vakundwa uye vanodzokera shure veBritish Eighth Army nguva yakakwana yekudzoka kubva pakurasikirwa kwayo kwakanyanya, uye kurongazve. MaBritish akabva amisa kufambira mberi kweGermany paHondo Yokutanga yeEl Alamein. Zvikamu zveAlgeria neMoroccan zve1st Free French Division zvakabereka French Expeditionary Corps pasi pekutungamira kwaGeneral Alphonse Juin, ramangwana Maréchal de France, uye Général Joseph de Goislard de Monsabert. Dzaivawo nebasa rinokosha muHondo yeMonte Cassino. Ikoko, 3rd Division d'Infanterie Algérienne (3rd DIA), uye Groupement des Tabors Marocains yaGénéral Augustin Guillaume vakazivikanwa mukuputsa dziviriro dzeGerman dzeGustav Line.