<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngesikhathi uRaeder ehlangana noHitler ukuze baxoxe ngokuningiliziwe ngamasu asolwandle ngo-April 1942, kwase kubonisiwe ngokusobala ukuthi imikhumbi-mkhombe yezindiza iyasiza empini yasolwandle yanamuhla. Imikhumbi yemikhumbi yaseBrithani yayikhubaze imikhumbi yase - Italy  <response>: I-Taranto ngoNovemba 1940, yalimaza kakhulu i-Taranto ngoMeyi 1941 futhi yavimbela umkhumbi wempi ekuhlaseleni ama-convoy amabili ayeya eRussia ngoMashi 1942. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukuhlaselwa kwePearl Harbor umkhumbi - mkhumbi waseJapane kwakubhubhise imikhumbi yempi yaseMelika ngo - December 1941. URaeder, owayenesifiso sokuthola isivikelo somoya samayunithi asindayo asolwandle e-Kriegsmarine, watshela uHitler ukuthi i-Graf Zeppelin yayingaqedwa cishe ngonyaka, kudingeke ezinye izinyanga eziyisithupha ukuze kuvivinywe olwandle futhi kuqeqeshelwe ukundiza. Ngo - May 13, 1942, ngokuvunyelwa uHitler, i - German Naval Supreme Command yayala ukuba umsebenzi uqhubeke kulokhu kuthwala. 