Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Chikamu chakarayirwa kugadzirira basa muLibya, North Africa gore iroro kuti vabatsire kutsigira kuedza kweItaly ikoko. Kuendeswa kwacho kwakamiswa naHitler zvisinei pashure pokunge Mussolini atanga
kupinda muGreece musi wa28 October 1940 pasina nyevero yapamberi kumubatanidzwa wake weGermany. Panzvimbo pezvo, Chikamu chakatsaurirwa kuOperation Felix kunyange zvazvo oparesheni yacho isina kutongotanga.