Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin watsa shirye-shiryen Kirsimeti a 1942, tsohon firaministan Conservative R.B. Bennett ya nuna cewa wannan shine Kirsimeti na hudu a jere cewa sojojin Kanada suna zaune a Birtaniya ba tare da yin wani abu ba, kuma cewa kawai fadace-fadace a kan ƙasa da Kanada ta yi yaƙi har zuwa yau shine Hong Kong da Dieppe
, duka biyun sun yi rashin nasara. A watan Maris na 1943, a lokacin yakin basasa na Spartan, Janar Andrew McNaughton, wanda ke jagorantar Sojojin Kanada na farko, ya sha wahala sosai, kuma an yanke masa hukunci ba shi da ikon ya jagoranci rundunar soja a fagen wasa tare da alƙalai na yakin basasa suna sukar McNaughton don barin hedkwatarsa don kula da ginin gada yayin da hanyoyin samar da kayayyaki suka shiga cikin babbar zirga-zirga. Bayan Operation Spartan, Birtaniya sun matsa lamba sosai ga 'yan Kanada don cire McNaughton kafin ya jagoranci sojojin Kanada na farko a cikin nasara a yakin. Sarki ya yi ƙoƙarin kiyaye sojojin Kanada daga aiki don kauce wa raunin da zai iya buƙatar yanke shawara mai wuya game da aikin soja a ƙasashen waje, amma a cikin bazara na 1943 tare da Allies a fili ya lashe yakin, ya kama shi da tsoron cewa yakin zai iya ƙare tare da Kanada ba tare da cin nasara ba a kan yakin, wani abu da ya tabbatar da cutar da 'yanci a zaben bayan yakin. Dangane da haka, Sarki ya buƙaci a haɗa Rukunin Sojojin Kanada na 1, wanda aka aika zuwa Burtaniya a 1939, a cikin Operation Husky, mamayewar Allied na Sicily. Janar McNaughton ba shi da sha'awar samun rabuwa daga umurninsa amma an yi masa alkawarin cewa 1st Division zai koma Birtaniya bayan da aka kama Sicily.