Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Qaybta waxaa loo wareejiyay goobta dagaalka ee Mediterranean-ka bishii Juun 1943 halkaas oo qeybta, oo hadda hoos timaada amarada Major General Guy Simonds ka dib markii Major General Harry Salmon (oo la wareegay amarkii bishii Sebtember 1942) lagu dilay shil diyaaradeed, wuxuu ka qeyb qaatay Howlgalka Husky, magaca sirta ah ee Ciidamada Xulafada
weerarkii ka dhacay Sicily 10kii Luulyo 1943, kaas oo dhamaaday 38 maalmood kadib. Qaybta waxay hoos tagtay amarkii British XXX Corps, oo u adeegayay kooxda halyeeyga ah ee 51aad (Highland) Division, qayb ka mid ah Ciidanka 8aad ee Ingiriiska, oo uu hoggaaminayo General Sir Bernard Montgomery. Dagaalka ayaa waxaa ku dhintay in ka badan 2,100 oo askari.