Ka cika wannan jumlar: Sa'ad da Yaƙin Duniya na II ya soma, Italiya ta riga ta zama babbar ƙasa a Bahar Rum da ke da iko a kan gabar arewa da kuma kudancin tsakiyar tafkin. Bayan faduwar Faransa ta kawar da babbar barazanar daga yamma, Jirgin Ruwa na Bahar Rum na Burtaniya, tare da sansanonin da ke Gibraltar, Malta, Cyprus, Masar, da Mandatory Palestine da Burtaniya ke sarrafawa, ya kasance shine kawai barazanar ikon jirgin ruwan Italiya a cikin Bahar Rum. Da mamayewa na
Albania, Girka da Misira, da Siege na Malta sun nemi fadada ikon Axis akan Tekun. Wannan manufar ta kasance mai zurfi kuma mai yuwuwar kutsewa, ta yi barazana ga kasashen da ba su da tsaka-tsaki kamar Turkiyya, barazanar da İsmet İnönü, shugaban Turkiyya a lokacin yakin, ya yi adawa da shi ta hanyar yin alkawarin shiga yakin kawai idan Tarayyar Soviet ta shiga Allies.