<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: Ngo-April, uHitler waphoqeleka ukuba angenele emazweni aseBalkan okwaholela emkhankasweni walelo gama; wawaziwa nangokuthi ukuhlasela kweJalimane iYugoslavia futhi kwakuhlanganisa  <response>: Impi YaseGrisi. Umkhankaso owalandela nokulahlekelwa okukhulu kwamaJalimane eMpini YaseKrethe kwaqinisekisa uHitler ukuthi ukwehla kwezindiza ngemuva kwemigqa yesitha, kusetshenziswa ama-paratroopers, kwakungasakwazi ukwenzeka ngaphandle kokuba kwenzeke isimanga. Wavuma ukuthi amathuba okuphumelela emkhankasweni womoya walolo hlobo ayemancane; amabutho aseJalimane asemoyeni awazange aphinde enze noma yimiphi imisebenzi enjalo. Lokhu kwaba nemiphumela ebalulekile eMalta, njengoba kwakukhombisa ukuthi lesi siqhingi sasisengcupheni yokuvinjezelwa yi-Axis kuphela. Lapho, ngoJuni, uHitler ehlasela iSoviet Union ngaphansi kwe-Operation Barbarossa, i-Fliegerkorps X yahamba yaya eMpumalanga, futhi i-Regia Aeronautica yashiywa ukuze iqhubeke nomkhankaso wayo womoya osebenza kahle kakhulu ngokumelene neMalta ezinyangeni ezizayo. UGeisler, owayephethe izinsalela ze Fliegerkorps X, wayengathembela kuphela ezindizeni ezifaka amaminithi ezivela Kampfgeschwader 4 KG 4 naseJu 87s ekusebenzeni ebusuku. Izinkinga zokuhlinzekwa zazingalungile, ibutho elincane laseJalimane elisele laphoqeleka ukuba liyeke ukusebenza ngo-22 Ephreli 1941. Ngasekuqaleni kukaMay 1941, i-Luftwaffe yayisihambe ngamabhomu angu-1 465, ama-fighter angu-1 144 nemishini yokuhlola engu-132 ngokulahlekelwa okungu-44 kuphela. I-III.Kampfgeschwader 30 KG 30 ne-III.Lehrgeschwader 1 KG 1 yenze ukuhlaselwa ebusuku okungajwayelekile phakathi no-Ephreli. 