Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A lokacin daya daga cikin matakan farko na 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 hana wani mamayewar Jamus na Birtaniya a cikin watanni hudu masu zuwa. A cikin
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".