<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngo-June 10, 1940, i-Italy yamemezela impi eBrithani naseFrance, yangena ngokusemthethweni eMpini Yezwe II. I-cruiser esindayo yathatha indawo ye- Trieste njengesikebhe esihamba phambili sesikebhe, okwathi kamuva saba isikebhe esihamba phambili se-3rd Division, esasihlanganisa ne- Trento ne- Bolzano. Le mikhumbi emine yathunyelwa enyakatho yeSicily ukuba iyoqapha imikhumbi yeZizwe Ezihlangene ngosuku lokuqala lwempi e-Italy. Ngo-Agasti 31, i- 3rd Division yasuka ukuyokweqa umkhumbi waseBrithani osuka e-Alexandria uya eMalta ku-Operation Hats, yize imikhumbi yase-Italy yaphula lo msebenzi ngaphandle kokuhlangana nemikhumbi yezohwebo. I-Trieste yafika emuva eTaranto ngoSeptemba 2. Wayekhona lapho ngobusuku bukaNovemba 11 kuya ku-12, lapho amaBrithani  <response>: lahlasela itheku, futhi laphuma lingenawo umonakalo. 