Mezue nkebi ahịrịokwu a: N'oge Agha Briten kpụ ọkụ n'ọnụ, ndị Ịtali wakporo Ijipt na-enwe olileanya inweta Ọwa Mmiri Suez. Ka ọ na-erule September 16, 1940, ndị Ịtali gafere ókèala ahụ. Agbanyeghị, na Disemba, ndị Britain bidoro Operation Compass na, na Febụwarị 1941, ndị Britain ebipụla ma jide ndị agha nke iri nke Italy ma banye n'ime Libya. Ntinye aka nke Germany gbochiri ọdịda Libya na mwakpo nke Axis jikọtara ndị Britain laghachiri n'Ijipt ruo oge ọkọchị nke 1942, tupu a kwụsị ha na El Alamein.
Ntinye aka nke ndị Allied megide Morocco na Algeria nke Vichy France na-ejide mepụtara mkpọsa ihu abụọ. Ndị agha German na ndị Itali banye na Tunisia na ngwụcha afọ 1942 na nzaghachi, agbanyeghị, a manyere ndị agha nọ n'Ijipt ịlaghachi azụ na Libya. Ka ọ na-erule May 1943, a manyere ndị agha Axis nọ na Tunisia ịda.