<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Simba rimwe chete reItaly raikanganisa maAllies raiva Royal Navy yeItaly Regia Marina, yechina pakukura kwezvikepe munyika panguva iyoyo. Muna November 1940, Royal Navy yeBritain yakatanga kurwisa mhepo nokukurumidza pazvikepe zveItaly pa  <response>: Taranto iyo yakakuvadza ngarava huru dzehondo dzeItaly. Kunyange zvazvo ngarava dzeItaly dzisina kukuvadza zvakakomba sezvakanga zvichityirwa, dzakachengeta mauto makuru ehondo eBritish Commonwealth muGungwa reMediterranean. Ngarava iyi yaida kurwisana nengarava yeItaly kuitira kuti mauto eBritish Commonwealth muEgypt uye kuMiddle East arege kuparadzaniswa neBritain. Muna 1941 pachitsuwa cheKastelorizo chinodzorwa neItaly, kure nemhenderekedzo yeTurkey, mauto eItaly akabudirira kudzosera mauto eBritain neAustralia aiedza kutora chitsuwa ichi panguva yeOperation Abstention. Muna December 1941, kurwisa kwakavanzika kwakaitwa nemauto eItaly kwakaitika muAlexandria, Egypt, umo vanopinda pasi veItaly vakabatanidza zvinoputika kumagwa ehondo eBritain zvichikonzera kuti ngarava mbiri dzehondo dzeBritain dzikanganiswe zvikuru. Izvi zvaizivikanwa seKupinda muAlexandria. Muna 1942, uto rehondo reItaly rakarova zvikuru ngarava dzeBritain dzaiedza kusvika kuMalta panguva yeOperation Harpoon, dzichidonhedza ngarava dzakawanda dzeBritain. Nokufamba kwenguva, mauto ehondo eAllied akakuvadza zvikuru ngarava dzeItaly, uye akaparadza imwe ropafadzo yeItaly kuGermany. 