 Zvisinei, kukunda kweItaly kwaigara kuchipikiswa zvakanyanya, zvese nekumukira kwakasiyana kunyanya kupokana kwechiGreek uye maYugoslav partisans nemauto eAllied, ayo akarwa Hondo yeMediterranean mukati nekunze kwekutora chikamu kweItaly. Zviito zveGermany neJapan muna 1941 zvakatungamirira kupinda kweSoviet Union neUnited States, mumwe nomumwe, muhondo, nokudaro kuchiparadza gadziriro yeItaly yokumanikidzira Britain kubvumirana negadziriro yorugare inotaurirana. Pakupedzisira umambo hweItaly hwakaparara pashure pokukundwa zvine njodzi muhondo dzokuEastern Europe neNorth Africa. Muna July 1943, pashure pokupinda kweAllied muSicily, Mussolini akasungwa nomurayiro waMambo Victor Emmanuel III, kuchikonzera hondo yavagari vemo. Mauto eItaly kunze kweItaly akaputsika, nzvimbo dzawo dzaive dzakapambwa uye dzakanga dzapindwa dzakava pasi pesimba reGermany. Italy yakazviisa mumaoko evaAllies musi wa3 September 1943. 