<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ekuqaleni kukaJune 1940, i-Regia Aeronautica yase-Italy yahlasela futhi yavimbezela iMalta, eyayiphethwe abaseBrithani. Kusukela ngasekupheleni kwehlobo kuya ekuqaleni kwekwindla, i-Italy yanqoba iBritish Somaliland futhi yahlasela iGibithe elaliphethwe yiBrithani. Ngo-October, i-Italy yahlasela iGrisi  <response>: , kodwa ukuhlaselwa kwaphikiswa ngokulimala okukhulu kwamaNtaliyane; umkhankaso waphela ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ngezinguquko ezincane zendawo. IJalimane yaqala ukulungiselela ukuhlasela iBalkans ukuze isize i-Italy, ukuze ivimbele abaseBrithani ukuba bangene lapho, okwakuzoba usongo emikhakheni kawoyela yaseRomania, nokuhlasela ukubusa kweBrithani eMedithera. 