 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - III Battalion yakaendeswa kuRoma pamusoro pemazuva manomwe, kubva musi wa 12 February kusvika musi wa 19 February 1944, zvichida sechibvumirano pakati paHofer naWolff. Kutamisirwa kwacho kwakaitwa zvakaoma zvikuru nemhaka yehondo dzaiitika paMonte Cassino uye paAnzio. Nenzira yokurangarira, III Battalion yakanga iri pasi pokutungamirirwa kwaWolff, asi yakanga de facto yakarayirwa na Luftwaffe General Kurt Mälzer. Pashure pokubatwa, Wolff akataura kuti III Battalion yakanga yaitwa kuti iwanikwe naAlbert Kesselring pakukumbira kwake kuita mabasa emapurisa muRoma uye kudzivirira Vatican. Pakutanga, izvi zvakanga zvaitwa ne2nd Fallschirmjäger Division. 