Ia faaauau pea lenei palakalafa - I le aso 10 Iulai 1943, na auai ai le vaega lona XXX i le osofaʻiga i le motu o Italia o Sicily
. O le vaega (i lalo o le Puleau Sili o Oliver Leese) o le a tuufaatasia le itu tauagavale o le British Eighth Army. Na faamalosia i le 1st Canadian Infantry Division, le 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade, ma le 231st Infantry Brigade o iunite mai Malta.