Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pakazosvika January 1943, vatungamiriri veAllied vakanga vasarudza paCasablanca Conference kupfuuridzira hondo kupfurikidza
kupinda muSicily, kuchideredza kudikanwa kwenhamba yezvikamu zvehondo zvine zvombo zvichienzaniswa neiya yaidiwa muRenje reMadokero. Izvi, pamwe chete nekushomeka kwevashandi zvakatungamira kuzvirongwa zve1st South African Armoured Division yakasiiwa, ne6th Division chete ichionekwa seyakakodzera. Mabrigade ose e1st South African Infantry Division akadzoserwa kuSouth Africa kunodzidziswazve nekubatanidzwa nemamwe mauniti kuti aumbe musimboti wechikamu chemauto. Chikamu ichi chakaumbwa zviri pamutemo muSouth Africa musi wa1 Kukadzi 1943 naMajor-General W.H.E. Poole semutungamiriri uye vakaenda kuPort Tewfik muSuez musi wa30 Kubvumbi 1943 seboka remabrigade maviri, raive ne11th Armoured Brigade uye 12th Motorised Brigade.