Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I whakaahuatia e te kaituhi hītori a Correlli Barnett ngā mahi moana mō te whakaekenga, he "kaupapa whakamahere kāore i taea te whakanuia". Ko te rangatira katoa ko te rangatira o Ingarangi a Sir Bertram Ramsay, nana nei i mahi hei rangatira rangatira i Dover i te wa o te tangohanga o Dunkirk e wha tau ki muri. He kawenga ano hoki ia mo te whakamahere moana mo te whakaekenga o Awherika ki te Raki i te 1942, me tetahi o nga kaipuke e rua e kawe ana i nga hoia mo te whakaekenga o Sicily
te tau e whai ake nei.