 Nyorera kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Pazuva rimwe chetero, ngarava dzaive dzakarongwa kuti dziende kuSalerno kuitira kuti dzirwise ngarava dzeAllied dzaifamba dzichipinda muItaly sechikamu cheOperation Avalanche; kuziviswa kwechirongwa chekumisa hondo musi wa8 Gunyana, zvisinei, kwakakonzera kukanzurwa kwechiitiko ichi. Sezvo mauto eGermany muItaly akatanga Operation Achse, Admiral Bergamini akarayirwa kuti abve kuLa Spezia, kuitira kudzivirira ngarava kuti dzisawire mumaoko eGerman, uye kusvika kuzviteshi zvinodzorwa neAllied. Nekuda kwekutanga kusada kwaBergamini kuunza ngarava dzake kuMalta asingazive ruzivo rwekunyarara uye kuti chii chaizove mugumo wechikepe kana zvasvika pazviteshi zvinodzorwa neAllied uye nezvirongwa zvekutanga zvekuendeswa kwaVictor Emmanuel III, dare rake nehurumende kubva kuRoma kuenda kuLa Maddalena vanoparadza Vivaldi uye Da Noli vakafamba kubva kuGenoa neLa Spezia, vakananga kuCivitavecchia, nechinangwa ichi, nzvimbo yekutanga yaive La Maddalena, hwaro hwehondo muSardinia. Kamwe paLa Maddalena, Bergamini aizogamuchira mimwe mirairo kuenderera kuMalta kubva kuna Admiral Bruno Brivonesi, mukuru wemauto eSardinia, pamwe nemamwe magwaro ane chekuita nemamiriro ehondo yeArmistice yeNavy. Kuendeswa kwamambo kuLa Maddalena kwakamiswa, zvisinei iye pachinzvimbo akatizira kuPescara, uye apo ngarava dzakasvika paLa Maddalena, mauto eGerman akanga atora hwaro ihwohwo kuti aendese mauto avo kubva kuSardinia kuenda kuCorsica, saka kumira paLa Maddalena kwakamiswawo uye Supermarina akaraira Bergamini kuti aende kuBône inodzorwa neAllied. Ngarava yakabva yashandura nzira, asi apo Germany yakadzidza kuti ngarava yeItaly yakanga ichienda kune imwe nzvimbo yeAllied, Luftwaffe yakatumira Dornier Do 217s yakashongedzerwa nemabhomba eFritz X anotungamirirwa neredhiyo kurwisa ngarava. Ndege idzi dzakasvika pasimba racho parakanga riri muStrait of Bonifacio. 