The Axis powers controlled the Mediterranean in May-November 1942?
1942 was not a leap year, therefore, February 1942 contained 28 days.
to eliminate Jews from the Nazi-controlled territory
August 24 1942 was a Monday.
November 13th 1942 was a Friday.
The axis powers were winning the war in 1942!
Mediterranean trade after AD 1200 was controlled by Italian towns including Genoa and Venice.
Cyprus
The Romans gradually took over all the lands on the coast of the Mediterranean and controlled the whole of it.
Mediterranean Sea , Adriatic sea
Roman.
Cyprus
Roman
The Byzantine empire
The straits of Gibraltar.
Roman
By the end of the Punic wars Rome controlled the western Mediterranean littoral.
The Romans called the Mediterranean Sea "our sea" after the Punic wars as they controlled just about the entire area.