Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: E kenyere ya na Ngalaba 17 nke Mgbapu, "Ọsọ ọsọ" na-eduzi nlegharị anya n'ụsọ oké osimiri n'ụsọ oké osimiri Algeria n'ime ọnwa abụọ sochirinụ. N'abalị ise n'ọnwa Julaị, ọ hapụrụ Mers El Kébir, Algeria, wee sonye na Vice Admiral H. Kent Hewitt's Western Naval Task Force maka
mwakpo a wakporo Sicily. Na-agba ọsọ na ụgbọ mmiri nke Task Force 85, ọ mechiri n'ụsọ oké osimiri Sicily n'akụkụ Scoglitti na July 10 ma jee ozi dị ka ụgbọ mmiri na-achịkwa n'oge mwakpo amphibious.