 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Zvinhu zvinonyanya kuzivikanwa zvekubatanidzwa kweHellenic Royal Navy muHondo Yenyika II zvinosanganisira kushanda kwechikepe chinoparadza icho, kusvikira chakanyura muLerosmusi waSeptember 23, 1943, yakanga yakabudirira zvikuru Allied muparadzi muGungwa reMediterranean; kutora chikamu kwevaviri vanoparadza muOperation Overlord; uye nyaya yemuparadzi Adrias, uyo paaishanda pedyo nemhenderekedzo yeKalymnos muna Gumiguru 1943, akarova chimbambaira, zvichikonzera kurasikirwa kwechikepe, achivhuvhuta pfuti mbiri dzepamberi pamusoro pebhiriji. Pashure pokugadziridza kuduku paGümüşlük Bay muTurkey Adrias akakwanisa kudzokera kuAlexandria murwendo rwemakiromita 400, kunyange zvazvo rutivi rwose rwemberi rwechikepe, kusvikira pabhiriji, rwakanga rusisipo. Ngarava dzehondo nhanhatu dzechiGiriki dzakabatanidzwa mukumhara kweSicily uye mukurwisa kwakazotevera kweItaly. 