Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akagoverwa kuMine Division 17, "Speed" akaitisa mapurisa emhenderekedzo yegungwa pamhenderekedzo yeAlgeria mukati memwedzi miviri inotevera. Musi wa 5 Chikunguru, akabva kuMers El Kébir, Algeria, ndokujoinha Vice Admiral H. Kent Hewitt's Western Naval Task Force yekupinda kweSicily.
. Achibata ngarava dzeTask Force 85, akavhara mahombekombe eSicily kubva kuScoglitti musi wa10 Chikunguru uye akashanda sechikepe chekutonga panguva yekurwiswa kweamphibious.