<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna July naSeptember 1941 Iachino akatungamirira ngarava mukuedza kusina maturo kudzivisa magwaja eBritain kuenda kuMalta Operation Substance uye Operation Halberd. Mukati  <response>: Hondo yekutanga yeSirte 16 Zvita 1941 uye Hondo yeChipiri yeSirte 22 Kurume 1942 mauto aitungamirirwa naye akasangana nevatsigiri vemakomisheni eBritish akananga kuMalta, asi kunyangwe aine simba rake rakakura Iachino ainetseka nezvekusazvidza mauto emuvengi kusvika pakutenda mishumo isiriyo pamusoro pezvombo zvehondo zvisiripo uye kudzivirira chiito chehusiku, zvese izvi zvaive zvikanganiso zvake zvakaipisisa paMatapan haana kumanikidza kurwisa uye akatadza kukonzera kukuvara kwakanyanya kumakomisheni. 