Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Varwi. Apo hondo yakaputika muna 1939 muAtlantic Theater, RN yakanga ichangobva kuwana mutoro nokuda kwenhandare dzayo dzinotakura ndege. Kwemakumi maviri emakore akanga apfuura, Royal Air Force (RAF) yakanga ine mutoro wokushanda kwose kwendege, uye kugadzirwa kwendege dzakavandudzwa dzinotakurwa nengarava dzakanga dzaregeredzwa nokuda kwevarwi vanobva panyika uye mabhomba. Somugumisiro, RN akapinda hondo pamwe kunyanya nokungwaririra, shoma daro biplane varwi uye vabhomba vakanga zvishoma nani pamusoro World War I shanduro uye kuti vaiva yakaderera USN uye IJN anotakura ndege. Panguva yokubuda kweBritain muNorway
, Gloster Sea Gladiator, Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers, uye Blackburn Skua fighter-bombers vaivewo vakaderera kana vachienzaniswa nendege dzeGerman. Kunyange zvakadaro, Sea Gladiators vakabudirira kupfura pasi vaviri Messerschmitt Bf 110 varwi panguva Norwegian danidziro mukuvamba 1940.