Buuxi weedha soo socota: 9-kii Febraayo 1941, Iachino wuxuu hogaamiyay ciidankii Talyaaniga ee daba-galka guuldarrooyinka ah ee Ciidanka Ingiriiska ee H, ka dib markii dambe ay duqeeyeen Genoa iyo La Spezia. Mar labaad wuxuu hogaaminayay ciidamada Talyaaniga ee dagaalku ka socday.
Dagaalkii Cape Matapan (26-29 Maarso 1941), kaas oo sababay guuldaradii ugu weyneyd ee ay soo martay Regia Marina; isagoo iska fogeeyey warbixinnada maraakiibta dagaalka ee Ingiriiska ee u dhow sida aan sax ahayn ama la hadal hayn, wuxuu u diray qeybtii 1aad ee Cruiser-ka oo dhan si loo badbaadiyo markabka dagaalka ee "Pola", taasoo keentay in la baabi'iyo qeybta oo dhan saddexda maraakiibta dagaalka ee Admiral Andrew Browne Cunningham's Mediterranean Fleet. Waxqabadkiisii dagaalkaas wuxuu ahaa mid aad loo dhaleeceeyay tan iyo markaas; inkasta oo ay taasi jirto, Iachino laguma fogeyn amarkiisa.