Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kubudirira kwaRommel paTobruk kwakamushora, sezvo Hitler akanga asisarangariri kuti kwakanga kuri madikanwa kupfuurira ne
Operation Herkules, kurwiswa kwakarongwa kweMalta. Auchinleck akabvisa Ritchie pakuva mutungamiri weEighth Army musi wa25 Chikumi, uye akatora mutungamiri pachake. Rommel aiziva kuti kunonoka kwaizobatsira bedzi vaBritain, avo vakaramba vachigamuchira zvinhu nokukurumidza zvikuru kupfuura izvo Rommel aigona kukarira kuwana. Akaenderera mberi nekurwisa guta rakasimbiswa kwazvo reMersa Matruh, iro Auchinleck rakanga ratarisa senzvimbo yekudzokera, richiripoteredza musi wa 28 Chikumi. Nhare yakawira kuvaGermany musi wa 29 June. Mukuwedzera kumatura emafuta nezvimwe zvinhu, vaBritain vakasiya mazana etangi nemarori. Avo vakanga vachishanda vakaiswa mubasa nePanzerwaffe.