In addition , Australian historians have been critical of the limited air and naval support Supporting allocated Dispersal to support Supporting operations on the island between October 1944 and the end of the war .

A shortage of transport aircraft meant the division could not land in their traditional way by parachute and glider , and all the landing craft in the area were already allocated Dispersal to the other landings : Operation Avalanche at Salerno on the western coast , and Operation Baytown at Calabria .

Two-day tournament Competition was called Request off by the organising committee due Causation to bad weather conditions in the allocated venues amongst other reasons .