Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Nyika dzeAxis dzakatsunga kupfura mabhomba kana kuti kuita kuti Malta inyorove nenzara, kupfurikidza nokurwisa zviteshi zvayo zvengarava, mataundi, maguta, uye ngarava dzeAllied dzinopa chitsuwa chacho. Malta yakanga iri imwe yenzvimbo dzakaraswa mabhomba zvikuru mukati mehondo. "Luftwaffe" (German Air Force) uye "Regia Aeronautica" (Italian Royal Air Force) vakabhururuka pamwe chete mabhomba 3.000, vachidonhedza matani 6.700 emabhomba panharaunda yeGrand Harbour bedzi, pamusoro penguva yamakore maviri mukuedza kuparadza dziviriro dzeRAF namachikepe. Kubudirira kungadai kwakaita kuti zvikwanisike kuti maGermany neItaly aburuke pamwe chete (
Operation Herkules) yakatsigirwa nemauto eGermany airborne ("Fallschirmjäger"), asi izvi hazvina kuitika. Muchiitiko ichocho, makondirakiti eAllied akakwanisa kupa uye kusimbisa Malta, apo RAF yakadzivirira nzvimbo yayo yemhepo, kunyange zvazvo yakadhura zvikuru mune zvinhu uye upenyu. MunaNovember 1942 Axis yakarasikirwa neChipiri Hondo yeEl Alamein, uye maAllies akaburitsa mauto muVichy French Morocco neAlgeria pasi peOperation Torch. Mauto eAxis akatamisa mauto avo kuHondo yeTunisia, uye kurwisa kweMalta kwakaderedzwa nokukurumidza. Kukombwa kwacho kwakaguma muna November 1942.