Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna August 1943, mukati mematanho okupedzisira e
muhondo yeSicily, Admiral Luigi Sansonetti akaonana naAdmiral Carlo Bergamini kuti amupe hurongwa hwekurwisa ngarava dzeAllied dzakasungwa muPalermo neBona. Kutaura zvazviri, kurwisa kwakarongwa kwainyanya kurongerwa kukunda kukakavadzana kwakanga kuri kugadzirwa pakati pemasimba eItaly neGermany, zvichiratidza kuti Regia Marina aigona kutora danho rokutanga. Ngarava (ngarava dzakareruka dze7th ne8th Naval Divisions) dzaizofamba dzichibva kuGenoa, dzichiita kumira muLa Maddalena (Sardinia) kunyengedza muvengi nezvezvavanoda chaizvo, uyezve kupfura zviteshi zvePalermo neBona. Apo Bergamini akagamuchira iyi mirairo, akaratidzira kupesana kwake nebasa rinorwisana naBona, nokuti, mumaonero ake, mikana yokupedza kubudirira yaizova yakaderera. Iye ipapo akakarakadza zvirinani kudzorera mabasa akapihwa kumapoka maviri kuti aendeswe, achishandisa iyo inokurumidza 7th Division kurwisa Bona uye yechisere kurwisa Palermo. Bergamini akatsanangurawo kusava nechokwadi kwake kuna Admiral Giuseppe Sparzani, uye naizvozvo manheru iwayo akabatanidzwa naSansonetti, uyo akamuudza nezvekumiswa kwenguva pfupi kwemabasa ose. Musi wa 4 Nyamavhuvhu kwakasarudzwa kuti chirongwa ichi chaizongotarisa chiteshi chePalermo, uko, maererano nekuongorora kwemhepo, kwaive nekubatana kwakanyanya kwechikepe chemuvengi.