Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Site n'igbochi ndị agha Maltese, Kesselring jisiri ike nyefee mmụba nke ọkọnọ na "Generaloberst" Erwin Rommel "Afrika Korps" na Libya. Ndị Axis tụfuru nanị pasent atọ nke ihe ha ji eme njem n'oké osimiri, e mechikwara etiti Mediterenian, ọzọkwa, maka ụgbọ mmiri ndị Allied. N'ịbụ ndị e si otú a wusie ike, Rommel kwadebere ịwakpo ọnọdụ ndị Britain gburugburu Gazala, ebe Kesselring mere atụmatụ
Ọrụ Herkules, mwakpo nke ụgbọelu na nke ụgbọ mmiri na Malta na ndị Itali nke 185 Airborne Division Folgore na German Ramcke Parachute Brigade. Kesselring si otú a nwee olileanya ime ka okporo ụzọ ndị Axis si aga n'Ebe Ugwu Africa dịrị nchebe.