a corps of volunteers led by giuseppe garibaldi sailed Self_motion from quarto , near genoa ( now quarto dei mille ) and landed Motion in marsala , sicily , in order to conquer Conquering the kingdom of the two sicilies , ruled Control by the house of bourbon-two sicilies .

although the axis put up Placing determined resistance and large scale air battles Hostile_encounter took place Process_start , the allied air forces succeeded in destroying Destroying the aerial link between unk sicily and italy .

295 squadron royal air force , prior to the allied invasion Attack of sicily .

although this supply Supply operation was a success , few of the gliders made it to their landing Self_motion zones in sicily during the two british airborne operations that followed , many becoming Becoming casualties Death of the weather conditions or anti-aircraft gunfire .