 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. Pana 24 na 25 September mabhomba eVichy akarwisa Gibraltar zvakare mukutsiva kweBritish neFree French kurwisa kuDakar Operation Menace, uye zvakakonzera kukuvadza kukuru. Vanoverengeka vaava vanobhomba vakapfurwa pasi neAA yakabatanidzwa kupfura. 