Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna February 1943, nokukurumidza pashure pokubatanidzwa kwake mukupinda kweVasonganiri muNorth Africa
, achitungamirirwa naMajor General Terry Allen, akagadzira mushumo waisanganisira mazano ekugadzirisa basa rekuronga zvikamu zvekurwisa, uye zvaakataura zvakagamuchirwa panguva yekugadzirira Operation Husky, zita rezita rekupinda kweAllied yeSicily. Akakwidziridzwa kuva mukuru mukuru ane nyeredzi imwe yegeneral brigadier uye akakurumidza kutumirwa kuUnited Kingdom, kwaakashanda semupi wezano weAmerica kuCombined Operations Division yeEuropean Theater of Operations. Muchikamu ichocho, Cota akabatsira kutarisira kudzidziswa kwemabasa ekumhara emvura.