Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te Rōpū 45 i raro i te II Corps a Omar Bradley, i raro i te ope Tuarima o Patton. Ko te mana whānui o te whakaekenga o Hiti, e kiia nei ko
Ko te Operation Husky, i te taha o te Tiamana o Ingarangi a Sir Harold Alexander, a, i whakahaerehia nga ope o Ingarangi i raro i te Ope Tuarua o Ingarangi i whakahaua e General Bernard Montgomery. Ko te 45th Division e toru nga ope hiko, ko te 157th, 179th me te 180th, me etahi atu waahanga maha. I whawhai tahi me te 45th Division ko te First Infantry Division, Third Infantry Division, me te 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) (me te 3rd Battalion o te 504th PIR me etahi atu waahanga tautoko), he waahanga o te 82nd Airborne Division.