Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Gare gare Chikamu chechi51 chakazorora kuti chiwane vatsva nokuda kwokurasikirwa kukuru, muvanhu nezvombo, kwakatambudzwa muNorth Africa uye chakatanga kurovedza muhondo yeamphibious. Muna July, boka racho rakatora rutivi mukupinda kweAllied muSicily, raiva nezita remitemo rokuti
Operation Husky, yakatambura kurasikirwa kuduku mukuenzanisa mumushandirapamwe mupfupi, uyo wakagara kwemazuva 38. Pakupera kwemushandirapamwe mukutanga kwaNyamavhuvhu, divi rakadzoserwa kubva kuhondo uye rakachengetwa kuti rigadzirire kupindirwa kweAllied kweItaly. Kunyange zvazvo 51st Division yose zvayo haina kutora chikamu mukupinda, zvimwe zvemauto ehondo zvakabatsira kutsigira Operation Baytown, Eighth Army's crossing of the Strait of Messina in Sicily to the Italian "toe" at Reggio Calabria.