Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I tētahi o ngā wāhanga tuatahi o te Pakanga i whakaratohia e te Royal Navy he hipoki nui i te wā o te Operation Dynamo, i ngā whakaekenga o Ingarangi mai i Dunkirk, ā, hei aukati whakamutunga ki tētahi whakaekenga Tiamana o Ingarangi i ngā marama e whā e whai ake nei. I Taranto
Ko Admiral Cunningham te rangatira o tētahi kaipuke i whakatū i te whakaekenga tuatahi o ngā waka rererangi katoa i roto i te hītori. I whakatauhia a Cunningham kia kiia ko te Navy te ope hoia tino maia o te United Kingdom: i te whakatupato mo nga morearea ki ana kaipuke i te wa o te rerenga o nga Allied i muri o te Pakanga o Krete, i kii ia, "E toru tau te roa o te Navy ki te hanga i tetahi kaipuke hou. E toru rau tau te roa ki te hanga i tētahi tikanga hou. Ka haere tonu te tangohanga".