Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Holland akadzoka kubva kumabasa ake navaFrench uye muna May 1940 akatora murairo wengarava inotakura ndege, iyo yaakarayira kutozosvikira May 1941. "Ark Royal" yakabatanidzwa munhamba dzinokosha dzehondo, uye Holland akaitungamirira panguva yeOperation Alphabet
, kutakurwa kwemauto kubva kuNarvik kuenda kuBritain, mishoni dzakawanda dzekufambisa ngoro kuburikidza neMediterranean, kubhomba kurwisa nyika yeItaly, uye kutsvaga kwevaGerman vanopamba "Scharnhorst" uye "Gneisenau".