 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna Gumiguru iyo Luftwaffe yakasimbisa Fliegerkorps II, uye kutenderera kutsva kwekurwisa kwakasimba kurwisa chitsuwa kwakatanga mukuedza kudzikamisa kugona kweRAF neRN kurambidza Axis convoys kuenda kuLibya. Vapambi vacho vakashandisa nzira itsva dzomutambo wakaderera idzo dzakarasikirwa zvikuru nepfuti dzeAA uye varwi veRAF. Munguva iyi, pfuti 36 dzeBofors dze32nd LAA Rgt dzakatumirwa kunodzivirira Grand Harbour neguta reValletta. Panguva ino pakanga pane kuperevedza kuri kuwedzera kwezvokudya nezvokushandisa pachitsuwa chacho, asi boka rinotakura zvinhu rakasvika muna November. Nokukundwa kweAxis munguva pfupi yapfuura paAlameinuye Allied North Africa landings mumwedzi mumwe chetewo, kukombwa kweMalta kwakaguma. Chiitiko bedzi chomumhepo chomuvengi chakasara chegore racho chaiva kuongorora kunobhururuka kwakakwirira uye kurwisa kumwe chete panhandare yendege yeLuqa muna December. Muna January 1943 kudenha kwakaderedzwa kusvika pakutsvaira kwehondo kwechinguvana, uye muna February hapana ndege yakayambuka mhenderekedzo yegungwa zvachose. 