截止1943年8月,盟军在地中海战区已集结了地面部队40个师,作战飞机3000余架,舰艇650余艘,其中包括航母7艘、战列舰4艘、巡洋舰11艘、驱逐舰63艘、登陆舰只342艘。 海军由美国海军中将H·肯特·休伊特统一指挥,分为四个编队: 第81特混编队,又称南部攻击部队,由美国海军少将约翰·L·哈尔指挥,计有运输船18艘、坦克登陆舰30艘、步兵登陆舰32艘、坦克登陆艇6艘、炮火支援登陆 As of August 1943, the Allied forces in the Mediterranean Theater had assembled 40 divisions of ground forces, more than 3,000 combat aircraft and more than 650 vessels, including 7 aircraft carriers, 4 battleships, 11 cruisers and 63 destroyers. They landed 342 ships. The Navy was commanded by U.S. Kentucky Lieutenant General Hutchigan Hewitt and divided into four formations: the 81st Task Force, also known as the South Attack Force, under the command of Major General John L. Hal of the United States Navy, 18 ships, 30 tank landing ships, 32 infantry landing ships, 6 tank landing craft, and artillery support landed