Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Yaƙin ya faru ne lokacin da rundunar sojojin Allied ta shiga Tekun Adriatic don neman manufofin sojan ruwa na Italiya. Ko da yake ba su san shi a lokacin ba, ainihin manufar tawagar ita ce ta taimaka wajen janye hankalin abokan gaba daga wani babban aiki a kan babban tashar jiragen ruwa na Italiya a Taranto (Yakin Taranto
) Ya ce: An umurci rundunar sojojin Allied da mataimakin Admiral Henry Pridham-Whippel a cikin jirgin ruwa mai haske, kuma ya hada da jiragen ruwa masu haske da kuma masu hallaka da kuma.