Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Kooxda Axis waxay go'aansadeen inay duqeeyaan ama ay gaajoodaan Malta si ay u soo gudbiyaan, iyagoo weeraraya dekedaha, magaalooyinka, magaalooyinka, iyo maraakiibta Allied-ka ee keena jasiiradda. Malta waxay ka mid ahayd meelaha sida aadka ah loogu duqeeyay dagaalkii. "Luftwaffe" (Ciidamada Cirka ee Jarmalka) iyo "Regia Aeronautica" (Ciidamada Cirka ee Boqortooyada Talyaaniga) waxay duuleen wadar ahaan 3,000 duqeymo, iyagoo ku riday 6,700 tan oo bambooyin ah aagga Grand Harbour oo keliya, muddo laba sano ah dadaal ay ku burburinayaan difaaca RAF iyo dekedaha. Guushaas waxay suurtagal ka dhigi laheyd in Jarmalka iyo Talyaanigu ay si wadajir ah u soo degaan (
Howlgalka Herkules) oo ay taageereen ciidamada cirka ee Jarmalka ("Fallschirmjäger"), laakiin tani ma dhicin. Dhacdadaas, kolonyo Allied ah ayaa awood u yeeshay inay keenaan oo ay xoojiyaan Malta, halka RAF ay difaacday hawadeeda, inkasta oo ay ku kacday kharash badan oo qalab iyo naf ah. Bishii Nofeembar 1942 Axis waxay lumisay Dagaalkii Labaad ee El Alamein, iyo Xulufada waxay ciidamo ka soo degeen Vichy Faransiiska Morocco iyo Algeria howlgalka Toosh. Axis waxay ciidamadooda u weeciyeen Dagaalkii Tunisia, waxaana weeraradii Malta si deg deg ah loo yareeyay. Go'doominta ayaa si guul leh u dhamaatay bishii Nofeembar 1942.