 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - MuHondo Yenyika II Genoa yakakuvadzwa zvikuru nokurwiswa nezvikepe zvomugungwa uye nendege. Mushure mokunge kumwe kurwisa kwemhepo kusina kubudirira muna 1940, muna February 1941 guta racho rakakuvadzwa zvikuru mukuputika kwegungwa kwakaitwa neBritish Force H Operation Grog; ipapo, mumatsutso a1942, rakava guta rokutanga muItaly kuoneswa nharaunda yekurwisa mabhomba, nekurwisa kwakadaro katanhatu pakati pa22 Gumiguru na15 Mbudzi 1942 uye kumwezve musi wa8 Nyamavhuvhu 1943. Pakati pekupera kwa1943 nekupera kwehondo, vese RAF neUSAAF vakaita mamwe mabhomba akati wandei akanangana nezvivakwa zvengarava, mafekitori nenzvimbo dzekutungamira dzeGenoa. Pamwe chete, Genoa yakarwiswa nendege dzinopfuura makumi mashanu, izvo zvakakonzera kufa kwevanhu vanenge 2 000. Zvivako 11 183 zvakaparadzwa kana kuti zvakakanganiswa, kubatanidza machechi 70 uye dzimba dzoumambo dzakaitika kare 130, uye 75 yezvivako zvechiteshi chakaparadzwa. 