Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A baya Birtaniya hari a kan Taranto
, wanda galibi ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin wahayi ga harin Pearl Harbor, ya cimma burinsa na dabaru kasancewar ƙaramin aiki ne wanda ya haifar da ɓarna kaɗan. Ba wai kawai ya kashe rundunar jiragen ruwa na Italiya rabin manyan jiragen ruwa a cikin dare daya ba, har ila yau a cikin martani "Regia Marina" nan da nan ya canza jiragen ruwansa marasa lalacewa daga Taranto zuwa Naples don kare su daga irin wannan hare-haren, har sai an kawo kariya a Taranto (musamman hanyoyin da ake amfani da su na torpedo) zuwa matakan da suka dace don kare su daga ƙarin hare-haren irin wannan (wanda ya faru tsakanin Maris da Mayu 1941). Bayan Taranto, ma'aunin iko ya canza zuwa ga British Mediterranean Fleet wanda yanzu ya sami ƙarin 'yanci na aiki: lokacin da aka tilasta su yi aiki a matsayin ƙungiya ɗaya don daidaitawa da manyan jiragen ruwa na Italiya, yanzu za su iya raba su zuwa ƙungiyoyi biyu; kowannensu ya gina a kusa da mai ɗaukar jirgin sama da kuma jiragen ruwa biyu. An gano cewa jiragen ruwa na yaƙi sun fi amfani a cikin iyakokin Bahar Rum kamar yadda aka saba da fadada Pacific; Bugu da ƙari, tsofaffin jiragen ruwa na Amurka sun yi jinkiri don bin masu jigilar kayayyaki kuma an yi amfani da su a matsayin goyon bayan wuta don ayyukan amphibious. Kodayake rundunar jiragen ruwa na Amurka ta Pacific sun yi asarar biyar daga cikin jiragen ruwa guda takwas (uku daga cikinsu sun rasa rayukansu) a Pearl Harbor, wannan yana nufin dogara ga masu jigilar jiragen sama marasa lafiya don ayyukan hare-haren da aka yi wa Jafananci.