 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Ark Royal uye ngarava dzeForce H dzakadzokera kuGibraltar musi wa 29 May 1941. Pasinei zvapo nokusimudzirwa kwemanzwiro evaAllies nokunyura kwechikepe chehondo Bismarck, hondo muMediterranean yakanga ichipesana nevaAllies. Girisi neKrete zvakanga zvawa kuAxis Powers, uye Afrika Korps yakanga ichigadzirira kutanga kurwisa kwokupedzisira muEgypt. Malta yakaramba iri nhare inokosha muMediterranean, asi yakanga ichiuya pasi pekumanikidzwa kwakawedzera kubva kuItaly neGermany kurwisa kwemhepo, uye yakanga isingachakwanisi kupiwa kubva kumabvazuva kubva pakadonha kweKrete. 