Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe e mesịrị, Ngalaba nke 51 nwere ezumike iji nweta ndị ga-anọchi nnukwu ihe funahụrụ ha, ma ndị mmadụ ma ihe onwunwe, na North Africa wee malite ọzụzụ na agha amphibious. N'ọnwa Julaị, ngalaba ahụ sonyere na mwakpo ndị Allied nke Sicily, nke a na-akpọ
Operation Husky, na-ata ahụhụ dịtụ obere ọnwụ na obere mkpọsa, nke were ụbọchị 38. Ka ọ na-erule ngwụsị nke mkpọsa ahụ na mbido Ọgọstụ, ewepụrụ nkewa ahụ n'agha ma debe ya na nchekwa maka mbuso agha Allied nke Italy. Ọ bụ ezie na 51st Division n'ozuzu ya esoghị na mbuso agha ahụ, ụfọdụ ndị agha nke ndị agha ahụ nyere aka kwado Operation Baytown, Eighth Army na-agafe Strait nke Messina na Sicily na "ụkwụ" ndị Ịtali na Reggio Calabria.