Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakazosvika Gumiguru "Luftwaffe" yakanga yasimbisa "Fliegerkorps II", uye kutenderera kutsva kwekurwisa kwakasimba kwakatanga, vachishandisa matekiniki matsva epasi. Zvisinei, kurwisa uku kwakarasikirwawo zvikuru nepfuti dzeAA uye varwi veRAF, pasinei nokushomeka kwezvokudya nezvokudya pachitsuwa chacho. Pakupedzisira, muna November "Welshman" nehanzvadzi yayo HMS "Manxman" zvakaoneka, zvichiteverwa nekamba yezvokudya. Nokukundwa kweAxis paAlamein nokumhara kweAllied kuNorth Africa
(Operation Torch) mumwedzi iwoyo, kukombwa kweMalta kwakaguma. Chiitiko bedzi chomumhepo chomuvengi chakasara chegore racho chaiva kuongorora kunobhururuka kwakakwirira uye kurwisa kumwe chete paLuqa muna December.