Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei whitiāhua - Mā te whakakore i ngā ope i Malta, i kaha a Kesselring ki te tuku i tētahi rerenga nui ake o ngā 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 te kaha o ana ope, i whakareri a Rommel i tetahi whakaeke ki nga tuunga o Ingarangi huri noa i Gazala, i te wa e whakamahere ana a Kesselring i te 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.