<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Andrea Doria akanga achiri kunze kwebasa muna 1939 apo Hondo Yenyika II yakatanga muEurope. Basa rakapedzwa naOctober 1940, uye musi wa 26 womwedzi wacho, akabatanidzwazve neboka reItaly mu5th Division muTaranto. Akanga asina kukuvadzwa ne  <response>: MaBritish akarwisa Taranto usiku hwaNovember 11-12, uye akatumirwa kuNaples musi wa12. Mukutanga kwaDecember, Mauto Emuchadenga eItaly akarongazve ngarava; Andrea Doria akaramba ari mu5th Division, pamwe chete nengarava yehondo. Akaita basa rake rokutanga mukuvamba kwaJanuary nechikepe chitsva chokurwisana mukupindura Operation Excess, nhevedzano yakaoma yeBritish convoys kuMalta. Ngarava dzehondo dzeItaly dzakanga dzisingakwanisi kuwana mauto eBritain, uye nokudaro dzakadzokera kuchiteshi na11 January. Musi waFebruary 8, Andrea Doria yakabudazve, pamwe chete ne Vittorio Veneto uye Giulio Cesare, mukupindura kumishumo yezvikepe zveBritain munzvimbo iyi. Vakanga vachibva kuSardinia pavakagamuchira shoko rokuti Royal Navy yakanga yarwisa Genoa muOperation Grog; ivo pakarepo vakatendeukira kuchamhembe kuti vadzivise maBritish, asi vakakundikana kuvawana mumhute yakaoma. 