Qor faahfaahin faahfaahsan oo ku saabsan faqradan - Ciidamada Maraykanka, saraakiisha sare qaarkood waxay su'aalo ka weydiiyeen in ciidamada cirka ay u adeegi karaan dagaal. Jarmalku waxay si guul leh u adeegsadeen ciidamada cirka inta lagu guda jiray duulaankii Holland bishii May 1940 iyo Crete bishii May 1941. Waqtigii dagaalka waxa uu ahaa mid aad u adag ciidamada cirka ee Maraykanka. Bishii Nofeembar 1942, oo qayb ka ah Howlgalkii Toosh ee ka dhacay Waqooyiga Afrika, ciidamada Mareykanka ee parachute-ka ah ee ku dhaawacmay aagaggooda (DZ) waxay u safreen inay qabsadaan garoon diyaaradeed oo horeyba ugu jiray gacanta ciidamada saaxiibka ah. Intii lagu guda jiray duulaankii xulufada Sicily bishii July 1943
Ciidamada Mareykanka ayaa mar kale ka degay meel aad uga fog bartilmaameedkooda. Laakiin musiibadii ugu weyneyd ayaa timid markii ay rasaasta saaxiibtinimo ay ku burburisay 23 diyaaradood, 37 kalana ay waxyeelo u geysatay; 318 askari oo ka tirsan ciidamada cirka iyo kuwa cirka ayaa ku dhintay ama ku dhaawacmay. Waxqabadka liita ee ciidamada hawada ee Mareykanka ee Sicily ayaa ku dhiirrigeliyay Taliye General Dwight D. Eisenhower inuu ku taliyo General George C. Marshall, oo ah Madaxa Shaqaalaha Ciidanka Mareykanka, in cutubyada hawada ee cabbirka qeybta ay aad u adag tahay in lagu xakameeyo dagaalka.