Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Holland akadzoka achibva kubasa rake navaFrench uye muna May 1940 akatora murairo wengarava inotakura ndege, iyo yaakarayira kutozosvikira May 1941. "Ark Royal" yakabatanidzwa munhamba dzinoverengeka dzemisasa inokosha yehondo, uye Holland akaitungamirira mukati
Operation Alphabet, kutakurwa kwemauto kubva kuNarvik kuenda kuBritain, mishoni dzakawanda dzokuperekedza ngarava nomugungwa reMediterranean, kurwisa mabhomba kunyika yeItaly, uye kutsvaka zvikepe zveGermany zvinopamba "Scharnhorst" ne"Gneisenau".