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The main naval action in the Mediterranean, at least during the first half of the war, was between the British Mediterranean fleet and the Italian navy, which was determined to make the Mediterranean its sea. It was a battle largely hinged on the British efforts to keep their isolated but crucial central Mediterranean foothold of Molta we supplied.
This is from a documentary film. The stuff in red is what I'm wondering about, and I wrote down what it sounds like to me, which doesn't really make sense. Anybody care to guess?