Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Marita, iri pakati peMediterranean, yakaratidza kuva munzwa unogara uri murutivi rweAxis. Yakanga iri munzvimbo yakakwana yenzira yokurwisa zvinhu zveAxis zvaienda kuNorth Africa. Kwenguva yakati zvaiita sokuti ndege dzeAxis dzaibhururuka dzichibva kunzvimbo dzokuItaly dzaizouraya Malta nenzara kuti azviise pasi. Chinhu chinokosha pakukombwa kweMalta chakaitika muna August 1942, apo vaBritain vakatumira boka remasoja rakanga rakanyatsodzivirirwa rainzi Operation Pedestal. Pasinei zvapo nokunyura kweinenge hafu yengarava dzakatumirwa, boka racho rakakwanisa kuendesa zvokudya zvakakwana nepeturu yendege kuti Malta ikwanise kutsungirira kusvikira kukombwa kwabviswa. Nebetsero yeUltra, ndege dzeMalta-dzakavakirwa uye ngarava dzepasi pemvura dzakanyudza ngarava dzeAxis dzakakosha kuenda kuNorth Africa nguva pfupi pamberi peChipiri Hondo yeEl Alamein yaGumiguru-Mbudzi 1942. Zvichitevera kuwanwa kwenharaunda neAllied muLibya uye
kumadokero kweMediterranean, kukombwa kwakasimudzwa. Nokuda kwesimba noushingi zvevaMalta mukati mokukombwa, chitsuwa chacho chakapiwa George Cross naMambo George VI pakuvamba kwa1942.