<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna April, Hitler akamanikidzwa kupindira muBalkans izvo zvakatungamirira kumushandirapamwe wezita iroro; yaizivikanwawo seGermany inopinda muYugoslavia uye yaisanganisira  <response>: Hondo yeGirisi. Hondo yakatevera uye kurasikirwa kukuru kweGermany muHondo yeKrete kwakapwisa Hitler kuti kudonha kwemhepo kuseri kwemitsetse yomuvengi, vachishandisa maparatroopers, kwakanga kusingachagoni kuitwa kutoti kushamisika kwakanga kwaitwa. Akabvuma kuti mikana yokubudirira mubasa remhepo rorudzi irworwo yakanga iri mishoma; mauto eGermany airborne haana kuitazve mabasa akadaro. Izvi zvakava nemigumisiro inokosha kuMalta, sezvo zvairatidza kuti chitsuwa chacho chaingova mungozi kubva pakukombwa kweAxis. Apo, muna June, Hitler akarwisa Soviet Union muOperation Barbarossa, Fliegerkorps X yakaenda kuEastern Front, uye Regia Aeronautica yakasiyiwa kuti ienderere mberi nechiito chayo chemhepo chinobudirira zvikuru pamusoro peMalta mumwedzi inotevera. Geisler, achitungamirira zvakasara zve Fliegerkorps X, aigona kungovimba nendege dzinoisa zvimbambaira kubva ku Kampfgeschwader 4 KG 4 uye Ju 87s mukuita kwehusiku. Nyaya dzokugovera dzakanga dzakaipa, simba duku reGermany rakasara rakamanikidzwa kusiya mabasa musi wa 22 April 1941. Pakutanga kwaMay 1941, Luftwaffe yakanga yabhururuka mabhomba 1.465, varwi 1.144 uye nhume dzokuongorora 132 nokuda kwokurasikirwa 44 bedzi. III.Kampfgeschwader 30 KG 30 uye III.Lehrgeschwader 1 KG 1 akabhururuka husiku husiku husiku muna Kubvumbi. 