Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tau 1942, i whakakotahihia e te Ingarangi ngā kaipuke nui o ngā kaipuke whawhai hei ārahi i ngā kaitiaki o Malta, i tonoa ngā kaipuke whawhai tere ki te haere takitahi ki te motu, ā, i whakaritea ngā rerenga tuku o te Magic Carpet mā te kaipuke moana. Hawker Hurricane me ka Supermarine Spitfire whawhai i rere ki Malta mai i nga kaipuke rererangi i runga i nga Club Runs mai i Gibraltar ki Malta. I waenganui o te tau 1942, ko nga whakaeke rererangi a te Axis ki te moutere me nga waka kawe taonga i whakakorea a Malta hei turanga whakaeke me te whakaekenga a Axis, "Unternehmen Herkules"
(Operation Hercules), i whakaritea mo te waenganui o Hurae 1942.