Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Chikamu chakarayirwa kugadzirira basa muLibya, North Africa gore rimwe chetero kuti vabatsire kutsigira kuedza kweItaly ikoko. Kuendeswa kwacho kwakamiswa naHitler zvisinei pashure pokunge Mussolini atanga kupinda muGreece
28 October 1940 pasina nyevero yapamberi kuShamwari yake yeGermany. Panzvimbo pezvo, Chikamu chakatsaurirwa kuOperation Felix kunyange zvazvo oparesheni yacho isina kutongotanga.