Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Na roto i te whakakore i nga ope o Malta, i kaha a Kesselring ki te tuku i te rerenga nui o nga taonga ki te "Generaloberst" Erwin Rommel's "Afrika Korps" i Libya. I ngaro noa iho te Axis i te toru ōrau o a rātau kai moana, ā, i katia te Mediterranean pokapū, i te wā anō, ki te kaipuke a Allied. Na, i te kaha o ana ope, ka whakarite a Rommel i tetahi whakaeke ki nga tuunga o Ingarangi huri noa i Gazala, i te wa e whakamahere ana a Kesselring
Operation Herkules, he whakaeke rererangi me te moana ki Malta me te Itari 185 Airborne Division Folgore me te Tiamana Ramcke Parachute Brigade. I tūmanako a Kesselring ki te whakamana i te rārangi whakawhiti kōrero a te Axis ki Awherika ki te Raki.