 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakupinda kweItaly muHondo Yenyika Yechipiri musi wa10 Chikumi 1940, Pola yakagadzwa seye mureza weAdmiral Riccardo Paladini, mutungamiri we2nd Squadron, iyo yaisanganisirawo maS maviri mu2nd Division, matatu akareruka cruisers mu7th Division, uye gumi nemanomwe vanoparadza. Basa rokutanga rePola munguva yehondo rakanga riri rokufukidza boka ravaichera zvimbambaira usiku hwaJune 10-11. Yakagadziriswazve paMessina uye yakabva musi wa 12 June, pamwe chete nevamwe vose ve2nd Squadron uye 1st Squadron. Ngarava dzacho dzakatorwa dzichipindura kurwisa kweBritain zvigaro zveItaly muLibya. Musi wa6 Chikunguru, Pola uye vamwe vose ve2nd Squadron vakafambisa motokari yaienda kuNorth Africa; zuva rakatevera, kuongorora kweItaly kwakashuma kuti boka reBritish cruiser rakanga rasvika muMalta. Nokudaro mukuru mukuru wehondo yeItaly akarayira dzimwe ngarava dzinoverengeka dzinorwisa uye dzinoparadza kubva ku1st Squadron kuti dzibatane nevatakuri vemotokari. Ngarava dzehondo dzakatsigirwa dziri kure. Mazuva maviri gare gare, ngarava dzehondo dzeItaly dzakasangana kwenguva pfupi neBritish Mediterranean Fleet muchiito chisina chokwadi kunze kweCalabria. Mukati mechiito chacho, Pola yakabatanidza cruisers dzeBritain asi hapana rutivi rwakawana zvibodzwa. Kubvira musi wa30 July kusvika musi wa1 August, Pola,, uye akaperekedza konvo kuenda kuLibya. Musi wa16 Nyamavhuvhu akaitisa kurovedza kwepfuti chaiyo kubva kuNaples, uye pakupera kwemwedzi akaendeswa kubva kuNaples kuenda kuTaranto. 