Badhtamihii bishii Febraayo 1943 qeybta waxaa loo diray Suuriya, halkaas oo ay ku sii sugnaayeen afartii bilood ee xigay, ka dibna Masar, halkaas oo ay ku hoos jirtay amarkii British XIII Corps, oo uu amar ku bixiyay Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey (oo hore u amray Guutada 13aad ee Faransiiska iyo Belgium 1940), taas oo qayb ka ahayd Ciidankii Siddeedaad ee Ingiriiska, oo uu hoggaaminayay General Sir Bernard Montgomery. Qeybta, oo mar kale u adeegta qeybta 50aad, waxay bilaabeen tababarka howlgallada dhulka hoostiisa mara ee loogu diyaar garoobayo Howlgalka Husky
Dagaalkii Allied-ka ee Sicily.