 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kubva muna Gumiguru kusvika muna Zvita 1943 VI Corps yakabatanidzwa mukukuvara uye neropa rakaomarara rakatangira kubva kuNaples kumusoro kwepeninsula yeItaly kurwisa dziviriro yakatsunga yekumashure yeGerman 10th Army iyo nounyanzvi yakashandisa zvakanyanya nzvimbo yakanaka mukuronga mitsara yakateedzana yekudzivirira kwakagadzirirwa Volturno Line, Barbara Line uye Bernhardt Line. Pakupera kwaZvita, mushure mekurwisana kwakasimba paBernhardt Line kudzivirirwa kwepamberi kwekudzivirirwa kweZima Line pasina kuputsika, VI Corps yakabviswa mumutsara mukuedza kutsvaga mhinduro yedambudziko. Mukurwisa kwayo kwechipiri kwehondo, yakasvika kumahombekombe paAnzio, kumaodzanyemba kweRome muOperation Shinglemuna January 1944 iyo yakarongwa kutyisidzira mitsetse yekumashure yekugovera nekutaurirana kweGerman 10th Army. Pakutanga kurwisa kweGermany kwakanga kusingakoshi. Zvisinei, Major General Lucas akanzwa kuti aifanira kusimbisa musoro wake wepamhenderekedzo yegungwa asati apukunyuka. Ikoku kwakapa vaGermany nguva inokosha yokuunganidza masimba mukurwisana naye. Imwe mhirizhonga yeropa yakatevera, neuto rinenge richidzoserwa mugungwa kechipiri muItaly, zvakare richiponeswa nemasimba ehondo nemhepo. Pakupedzisira pakaputsika pakupedzisira muchirimo cha1944, mauto akanga arasikirwa nemumwe mutungamiri; Lucas akadzingwa nokuda kwekuita kwake kwakashata uye akatsiviwa naMajor General Lucian Truscott, uyo akanga ari mutungamiri we3rd Infantry Division. VI Corps yakarairawo zvikamu zveBritish Army panguva yayo kuAnzio, iyo yeBritish 1st Infantry Division, kubva muna Ndira 20 kusvika Chivabvu 21, uye yeBritish 2nd Commando Brigade uye gare gare, pakati paFebruary, iyo yeBritish 56th Infantry Division uye, kubva mukupera kwaKurume kusvika Chivabvu 22, yeBritish 5th Infantry Division. 