Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ngalaba nke 45 nọ n'okpuru Omar Bradley's II Corps, nke n'aka nke ya nọ n'okpuru Patton's Seventh Army. Nchịkwa zuru oke nke mwakpo Sicily, nke a kpọrọ
Operation Husky, bụ nke onye isi ndị Britain bụ Sir Harold Alexander, na ndị agha Britain haziri n'okpuru ndị agha Britain nke asatọ nke General Bernard Montgomery nyere iwu. Ngalaba nke 45 nwere ndị agha atọ, 157th, 179th na 180th, na ọtụtụ ihe ndị ọzọ. Na-alụ ọgụ n'akụkụ nke 45th Division bụ nke mbụ Infantry Division, nke atọ Infantry Division, na 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) (na 3rd Battalion nke 504th PIR na ọtụtụ ndị ọzọ nkwado nkeji mmasị), akụkụ nke 82nd Airborne Division.