Ka kammala wannan jumla: A yakin duniya na biyu ta shiga cikin yakin Norway, inda jirgin saman Jamus ya lalace
daga Narvik a ranar 28 ga Mayu, 1940. An kashe ma'aikatan jirgin ruwa 10 kuma jirgin bai yi aiki ba har tsawon watanni biyu. A cikin Bahar Rum ta jagoranci jagorancin jirgi shida na jirgin ruwa daga Gibraltar zuwa Malta, wanda ake kira Operation Harpoon, wanda ya jimre da hare-haren iska. Ƙungiyar Birtaniya ta kuma fuskanci hare-haren wani jirgin ruwa na Italiya mai haske a cikin tashar Sicily. An nutsar da 'yan kasuwa hudu da masu hallaka biyu, yayin da "Cairo" ta sami harbi biyu na 6-inch daga jirgin ruwa na Italiya "Eugenio di Savoia", inda ya kashe' yan uwansa biyu.