Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na 1942, ndị Britain chịkọtara nnukwu ụgbọ mmiri nke ụgbọ mmiri agha iji soro ndị njem Malta, zigara ụgbọ mmiri agha ngwa ngwa iji mee njem naanị ha gaa n'àgwàetiti ahụ ma hazie ụgbọ mmiri ụgbọ mmiri Magic Carpet. E si n'ụgbọelu ndị na-ebu ụgbọelu na Club Runs si Gibraltar gaa Malta were ụgbọelu Hawker Hurricane na nke Supermarine Spitfire gaa Malta. N'etiti afọ 1942, mwakpo ụgbọelu nke Axis na agwaetiti ahụ na ndị na-ebubata ihe na-eme ka Malta ghara ịdị ka isi agha na mwakpo Axis,
"Unternehmen Herkules" (Ọrụ Hercules), ka e mere maka etiti ọnwa Julaị 1942.