Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Lokacin da Yaƙin Duniya na II ya fara, Italiya ta riga ta kasance babbar ƙarfin Bahar Rum wanda ke sarrafa arewa da kudancin gabar tsakiyar kwarin. 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. Harin da aka kai 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.