Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin daya daga cikin farkon matakan yakin, Royal Navy ya ba da kariya mai mahimmanci a lokacin Operation Dynamo, da 'yan Birtaniya daga Dunkirk, kuma a matsayin babban abin da ya faru ga wani mamaye Jamus na Birtaniya a cikin watanni hudu masu zuwa. A Taranto
, Admiral Cunningham ya jagoranci rundunar da ta kaddamar da hare-haren farko na jirgin sama a tarihi. Cunningham ya ƙudura cewa za a ɗauki Navy a matsayin mafi ƙarfin ƙarfin soja na Burtaniya: lokacin da aka yi gargadin haɗarin jiragensa yayin ƙauracewar Allied bayan Yaƙin Crete ya ce, "Yana ɗaukar Navy shekaru uku don gina sabon jirgin ruwa. Zai ɗauki shekaru ɗari uku don gina sabon al'ada. Za a ci gaba da kwashe mutanen".