Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kamwe kwakabvumidzwa, kupatsanura kwakasara muUnited States nokuda kwokurovedza uye kurovedza. Sezvo boka racho, kufanana namapoka ose anobhururuka nendege, raida kuva boka rakatanhamara, gadziriro yokurovedza yakanga yakaoma zvikuru. Kwakanga kune uye shongwe dzakavakwa kubva uko mauto anobhururuka mumhepo aizosvetuka kuti aenzanisire kumhara neparachute, kufamba kwenguva refu kwakamanikidzwa uye kudzidzira kusvetuka kubva mundege dzinotakura zvinhu; kumira pamusuo wendege mukati mekusvetuka kwekudzidzira kwakaguma nekutadza kwomuenzaniso. Chiyero chekukundikana chaive chakakwira, asi pakanga pasina kushomeka kwevanokwikwidza, kunyanya kumapoka eAmerica, sezvo mwero wemubhadharo waive wakakwira zvakanyanya kupfuura wemunhuwo zvake wechiuto. Sezvo divi racho rakarovedzwa, gakava rakavamba muU.S. Army pamusoro pokuti kushandiswa kwakanakisisa kwemauto anobhururuka kwakanga kuri "en masse" kana kuti semapoka maduku akabatanidzwa. Musi wa9 Chikunguru 1943, kutanga kukuru kweAllied airborne operation - Allied invasion yeSicily (Operation Husky
) yakaitwa nezvikamu zveU.S. 82nd Airborne Division neBritish 1st Airborne Division. Mutungamiri Mukuru (CG) weU.S. 11th Airborne Division, Major General Joseph May Swing, akanga apiwa kwenguva pfupi kuti ashande semupi wezano wepamhepo kuna General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Mutungamiri Mukuru weAllied muMediterranean, nokuda kwekupinda kweSicily, uye akanga acherechedza kurwiswa kwemhepo, iyo yakaenda zvakashata. U.S. 82nd Airborne Division yakanga yaendeswa ne parachute uye glider uye yakanga yatambura kurasikirwa kukuru, zvichiita kuti zvionekwe kuti yakanga yakundikana kuzadzisa zvinangwa zvayo zvakawanda.