Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Ta hanyar dakile sojojin da ke zaune a Malta, Kesselring ya sami damar isar da ƙarin kayan aiki ga "Afrika Korps" na "Generaloberst" Erwin Rommel a Libya. Ƙungiyar Axis ta rasa kashi uku cikin dari na kayan da suke da shi a cikin teku kuma an rufe tsakiyar Rumunan, a sake, zuwa jirgin ruwa na Allied. Da sojojinsa suka karfafa, Rommel ya shirya kai hari kan matsayin Birtaniya a kusa da Gazala, yayin da Kesselring ya shirya
Operation Herkules, wani iska da kuma ruwan sama kai hari a kan Malta tare da Italiyanci 185 Airborne Division Folgore da Jamus Ramcke Parachute Brigade. Kesselring yana fatan ta haka ne ya tabbatar da hanyar sadarwa ta Axis tare da Arewacin Afirka.