Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan nasarar Axis a Arewacin Afirka, 85th ya shiga cikin rage Pantellaria da Lampedusa da mamaye Sicily a lokacin rani na 1943. Tawagar ta gaba ta goyi bayan Sojoji na takwas na Burtaniya a lokacin mamayewar Italiya kuma ta ci gaba da jagorantar tallafin yaƙi a duk lokacin yakin Italiya, inda ta sami lambar yabo ta biyu ta Musamman don ayyukan da aka yi a kwarin Po 21-24 Afrilu 1945. A watan Agusta da Satumba na 1944, 85th ya rabu da dan lokaci daga yakin Italiya don tallafawa sojojin.
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