 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kurwiswa kwokutanga kukuru nendege paGibraltar kwakauya na2: 00 musi wa18 Chikunguru, apo ndege mbiri dzisingazivikanwi dzakarwisa materu eRock, zvichikonzera kufa kwevamwe. Kurwiswa kwacho kwaifungidzirwa kuti kwakaitwa neVichy French Air Force mukupindura kurwiswa kweBritish pazvikepe zveFrance paMers-el-Kebir musi wa3 Chikunguru Operation Catapult, iyo yakanga yaitwa neForce H kubva kuGibraltar. Musi wa 21 Nyamavhuvhu kudzivirirwa kweAA kwakadonhedza bhomba reSavoia-Marchetti SM.79 panguva yekurwiswa neItaly Regia Aeronautica. Musi wa24 na25 Gunyana mafungu emabhomba eVichy akarwisa Gibraltar zvakare kutsiva kurwisa kweBritish neFree French kuDakar Operation Menace, uye vakakonzera kukuvara kwakanyanya. Vanoverengeka vaava vanobhomba vakapfurwa pasi neAA yakabatanidzwa kupfura. Pane dzimwe nhambo zvombo zvaipfura ndege imwe chete yokuItaly yokuongorora, yaizivikanwa neboka ravarwi sePersistent Percy. 