Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi wa 10 Chikunguru 1943, divi rakagadzira imwe amphibious assault landing pachitsuwa cheItaly cheSicily (ine zita rekodhi
Operation Husky), yakasvika muguta reLicata pamhenderekedzo yegungwa, kumadokero, inonzi Torre di Gaffi naMollarella uye pamhenderekedzo yegungwa, kumabvazuva, inonzi Falconara. The weboka, kushumira pasi raitungamirirwa Lieutenant General George S. Patton kuti U.S. Wechinomwe Army, vakarwa nzira yayo kupinda Palermo pamberi zvinhu 2nd Armored weboka aigona kusvika ikoko, ari muitiro vachifamba 90 makiromita mumazuva matatu, uye vakamhanyira kubata Messina musi 17 August, nokudaro kugumisa pfupi Sicilian danidziro, apo weboka aiva pfupi zororo kupinza yokutsiva. Mukati mechiitiko ichi 3rd Division yakawana mukurumbira somumwe wemapoka akanakisisa muuto rechinomwe.