Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Hondo Yenyika II payakatanga, Italy yakanga yatova nesimba guru reMediterranean raiva nemhenderekedzo dzokuchamhembe nedzokumaodzanyemba dzedziva guru. Mushure mekunge France yadonha yakabvisa kutyisidzira kukuru kubva kumadokero, British Mediterranean Fleet, ine zviteshi muUK-inodzorwa Gibraltar, Malta, Cyprus, Egypt, uye Mandatory Palestine yakaramba iri iyo chete kutyisidzira kwesimba reItaly muMediterranean. Kupinda kwe
Albania, Girisi neEgipita, uye Kurwiswa kweMalta kwakatarira kuwedzera kutonga kweAxis pamusoro peGungwa. Mutemo uyu wakanga wakakura zvikuru uye waigona kuvhiringidza, zvokuti wakatyisidzira nyika dzisina kwayakarerekera dzakadai seTurkey, tyisidziro iyo İsmet İnönü, purezidhendi weTurkey panguva yehondo, akapindura nokuvimbisa kupinda muhondo bedzi kana Soviet Union ikabatana neAllies.