Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: 51st (H) Division yakasarudzwa nokuda kwekurwisa muSicily (
Operation Husky) musi wa10 Chikunguru 1943. Kuyambuka kwegungwa kwe40th LAA Regiment kwakakanganiswa apo ngarava dzakarwiswa neU-boats uye ndege. Pakangosvika kumhenderekedzo yegungwa mauto eLAA akapiwa basa rokudzivirira mahombekombe, kunyange zvazvo vakanga vachitadziswa nokushayikwa kwegadziriro yokunyevera nokukurumidza inoshanda. Mabhatiri eAAA akaderedzwa kuti apfure zvakagadzirirwa kuunganidzwa, kungave kunongedza ("Curtains") kana pamusoro ("Umbrellas"), izvo zvaive zvisina basa uye zvakapambadza zvombo zvishoma. Zvisinei, kumhara kwacho kwakafambira mberi zvakanaka pasinei nokushorwa kwakanga kusingakoshi, uye 51st HD yakanga yakanyatsotungamirirwa nokusviba. Yakabva yaudzwa kuti itore Palazzolo Acreide, iyo yakawana pakupera kwaJuly 12. Chikwata cheLAA chakapa dziviriro yegungwa sezvo mabhirigidhi eAA akatanga kuburuka. 51st HD yakatora Vizzini usiku hwa 14/15 Chikunguru, uye yakabva yaendeswa kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva mukumhanya-mhanya kuenda kuPaternò. Zvisinei, kurwisa kwakanga kwaoma, boka racho rakanga risingakwanisi kuyambuka Rwizi Simeto, uye raifanira kurwisana zvakaoma kuti ritore Gerbini Airfield. Chikamu chakapinda mukuzvidzivirira musi wa 21 Chikunguru.