Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Agusta 1943, a lokacin da ake yakin karshe na Sicily
, Admiral Luigi Sansonetti ya tuntubi Admiral Carlo Bergamini don gabatar masa da shirin kai hari kan rundunar Sojojin da ke cikin Palermo da Bona. A gaskiya ma, an shirya wannan harin ne mafi yawa don shawo kan rikice-rikice da aka haifar tsakanin sojojin Italiya da Jamus, suna nuna cewa Regia Marina na iya daukar mataki. Jirgin ruwa (jirgin ruwa mai sauƙi na 7th da 8th Naval Divisions) zai tashi daga Genoa, yana tsayawa a La Maddalena (Sardinia) don yaudarar abokan gaba game da ainihin niyyarsu, sannan kuma harbi tashar jiragen ruwa na Palermo da Bona. Lokacin da Bergamini ya karbi waɗannan umarni, ya nuna adawarsa ga aikin da aka yi wa Bona, saboda, a ganinsa, damar samun nasara zai zama ƙananan. Daga nan sai ya ba da shawarar a kalla ya juya ayyukan da aka ba wa ƙungiyoyi biyu da za a tura, ta amfani da sauri na 7th Division a kan Bona da 8th a kan Palermo. Bergamini kuma ya bayyana shakkunsa ga Admiral Giuseppe Sparzani, sabili da haka a wannan maraice Sansonetti ya tuntube shi, wanda ya gaya masa game da dakatar da dukkan ayyukan na ɗan lokaci. A ranar 4 ga watan Agusta an yanke shawarar cewa aikin zai yi niyya ne kawai a tashar jiragen ruwa na Palermo, inda, bisa ga binciken iska, akwai babban taro na jiragen ruwa na abokan gaba.