Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An bincika ci gaban Platt a cikin Eritrea yayin yaƙin Keren na makonni bakwai (Fabrairu-Afrilu 1941), lokacin da Squadron No. 237 ya lura da matsayin Italiyanci kuma ya shiga cikin hare-haren bam. Bayan da Italiyanci suka ja da baya kuma suka mika wuya, rundunar sojan Rhodesia ta ci gaba zuwa Asmara a ranar 6 ga Afrilu, daga inda ta fara kai harin bam a tashar jiragen ruwa ta Massawa. A wannan ranar, sojojin Italiya a babban birnin Abyssinian Addis Ababa sun mika wuya ga sashen 11 (Gabashin Afirka), gami da 'yan Rhodesia da yawa. A lokacin da
Yaƙin Amba Alagi, sojojin Platt da Cunningham sun haɗu kuma sun kewaye sauran Italiyanci, waɗanda Duke na Aosta ya umurce su a sansanin Amba Alagi mai tsaunuka. Mataimakin sarki ya mika wuya a ranar 18 ga Mayu, 1941, wanda ya kawo karshen yakin a Gabashin Afirka. No. 237 Squadron da Rhodesian Anti-Tank Battery daga nan suka tashi zuwa Masar don shiga yaƙin a Yammacin Hamada. Wasu garuruwan Italiyanci sun ci gaba da yin yaƙi - na ƙarshe ya mika wuya ne kawai bayan yakin Gondar a watan Nuwamba 1941. Har zuwa wannan lokacin, sojojin Najeriya da Gold Coast da aka ba da umarnin Rhodesian sun kasance a Abyssinia, suna sintiri da tattara rukunin Italiyan da suka warwatse. Kimanin jami'ai 250 da wasu mukamai 1,000 daga Kudancin Rhodesia sun kasance a Kenya har zuwa tsakiyar 1943.