Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Operation Husky <unk> the
I angitu te whakaekenga o Hiti i te Hōngongoi o te tau 1943 <unk>, hei kaupapa mo te whakaekenga o te whenua nui. I te marama o Hepetema, ko nga hoia Allied tuatahi ki te taunga ki Itari ko te British Eighth Army i raro i a General Bernard Montgomery, i te Operation Baytown. Ko etahi atu taunga i te 9 o Mahuru 1943 i kite i te taunga o te ope whakaeke nui, ahakoa te tuku a Itari ki nga ope Allied i te ra o mua. Whai muri i te whakamana i nga papa, ka timata te US Fifth Army ki te raki.