<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - I-brigade yabelwa i-1st Airborne Division, ngaphambi nje kokuhlasela kwe-Allied eSicily, kodwa ayizange ihlanganyele ekuhlaselweni. Esikhundleni salokho, leli gatsha laqala ukusebenza ngoSepthemba 1943, ngesikhathi se-Operation Slapstick, ukufika kwe-amphibious ethekwini laseTaranto, njengengxenye yezigaba zokuqala zokuhlasela kwe-Allied e-Italy. Ngokukhululeka, leli qembu lathatha amachweba aseBrindisi naseBari ngaphambi kokuba lihoxiswe. Ekupheleni konyaka, i-4th Parachute Brigade yayiseNgilandi, ilungiselela ukuhlasela kwamaZwe Ahlangene enyakatho-ntshonalanga yeYurophu. I-brigade ayizange ibone isenzo eFrance, esikhundleni salokho yabekwa ekulungele isimo esiphuthumayo ngesikhathi sokwehla kweNormandy. Phakathi kukaJune no-August 1944 isivinini sokuqhubekela phambili kweMpi Yomfelandawonye  <response>: kwavimbela isidingo sokuthumela amabutho asemoyeni. 