Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Hondo Yenyika II payakatanga, Italy yakanga yatova simba guru reMediterranean raidzora mahombekombe okuchamhembe nokumaodzanyemba edziva 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 muAlbania
, Greece neEgypt, uye Kurwiswa kweMalta kwakatsvaka 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.