<prompt> Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekugadziriswa kwakapedzwa, Littorio yakapinda muchirongwa chisina kubudirira chekubata mauto eBritain musi wa22-25 Nyamavhuvhu. Kwapera mwedzi mumwe chete, akatungamirira kurwiswa kweAllied convoy muOperation Halberd musi wa 27 September 1941. Mauto eBritain aiperekedza ngarava dzacho aisanganisira ngarava dzehondo dze,, uye ; kuongorora kweItaly kwakazivisa nezvekuvapo kwevanhu vane simba, uye mutungamiri weItaly, achirairwa kuti asapinda muchiuto kunze kwekunge aine huwandu hwakakura hwevanhu, akarega basa racho ndokudzokera kuchiteshi. Musi wa13 Zvita, akapinda mune kumwe kutsvaira kuti abate konvo kuenda kuMalta, asi kuedza kwakamiswa mushure mekunge Vittorio Veneto yapfurwa neBritish submarine. Mazuva matatu gare gare, yakabuda kuti iperekedze Operation M42, konvo yezvokudya kuuto reItaly neGermany muNorth Africa. Pakupera kwa1941, kubudirira kweBritain mukutyora kodhi yeEnigma kwakaita kuti zviwedzere kuoma kuti mapoka eAxis asvike kuNorth Africa. Naizvozvo vaItaly vakapa ngarava dzavo dzehondo kunhamburiko dzokufambisa kuti vadzivirire zviri nani vatakuri. Zuva rakatevera racho, akabatanidzwa muHondo Yokutanga yeSirte  <response>: . Littorio, pamwe chete navamwe vose veuto rakanga riri kure, vakarwisa boka raiperekedza ngoro yeBritain yaienda kuMalta iyo yakaitika kuti iwirirane nengoro yeM42 gare gare muzuva. Littorio akazarura moto ari kure zvikuru, munenge muna, asi haana kubudirira. Kunyange zvakadaro, kupfura kukuru kweItaly kwakamanikidza mauto eBritain kuti adzokere pasi pekupofumadza kweutsi uye M42 convoy yakasvika kuNorth Africa isina kukuvadzwa. 