 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Zvirongwa zveItaly zvekupinda muMalta negungwa zvakatanga panguva yeHondo yechipiri yeItaly neAbyssinian 3 October 1935 May 1936. Mukana wokutora Malta wakavapo muna April 1941 asi Operation Mercury20 Chivabvu 1 Chikumi 1941, kurwiswa kweKrete, kwakaitwa kutanga, nekurasikirwa kwakadaro kwemauto eparashute uye ndege dzekutakura zvekuti kuvhiya kwechipiri muna 1941 kwaive kusingaite. Zvikamu zveLuftwaffe kubva ipapo zvakaenda kumabvazuva kweOperation Barbarossa uye muna June 1941, kudzivirirwa kwemhepo kwechitsuwa kwakanga kwadzorerwa. Zvikamu zveLuftwaffe zvakadzokera kuMediterranean muchirimo cha1942 uye zvakakwanisa kubvisa simba rekurwisa rechitsuwa chechitsuwa. Muna April, Hitler naMussolini vakabvumirana kuronga, hondo yeItaly neGermany yemhepo uye yegungwa. Mazana maviri eJunkers Ju 52 ndege dzekutakura, gliders kusanganisira 24 Messerschmitt Me 321 uye anenge 200 ndege dzekutakura dzakaunganidzwa nokuda kwekupinda. 