 Complete the following phrase:  In early 1941, the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht OKWSupreme Command of the Armed Forces had sent an expeditionary force, to North Africa to support the Regio Esercito Italiano Royal Italian Army fighting in the North African Campaign. As intensity of combat increased, the OKW committed additional military forces to the Mediterranean theatre. First elements of JG 77 had already been committed to this theatre in February 1942. The Axis defeat at the 