Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna April 1943, pashure pemwedzi inoverengeka yokurovedzwa kwakaoma, varwi vayo vakaendeswa kuMediterranean Theater of Operations, pasi pokutungamirira kwaMajor General Ridgway kuti vatore rutivi mumushandirapamwe wokupinda muSicily
. Mauto maviri okutanga okurwisana echikamu chacho akanga ari kuparadza muSicily musi wa 9 July uye Salerno musi wa 13 September 1943. Kurwiswa kwokutanga kweSicily, ne505th Parachute Regimental Combat Team, pasi paColonel Gavin, ndiyo yaive yekutanga regiment-saizi yekurwa parachute kurwiswa kwakaitwa neUnited States Army. Kurwiswa kwokutanga kwegirindi hakuna kuitika kusvikira Operation Neptune sechikamu cheD-Day landings yaJune 6, 1944. MaGlider troopers e319th ne320th Glider Field Artillery Battalions uye 325th Glider Infantry Regiment (uye 3rd Battalion ye504th PIR) panzvimbo pezvo vakasvika muItaly nekumhara ngarava kuMaiori (319th) uye Salerno (320th, 325th).