 Mazuva akatevera musi wa 8 Gunyana 1943 mauto mazhinji, akasiyiwa asina mirairo kubva kumusoro nekuda kwekuti maWehrmacht zvikamu zvakamisa kutaurirana kwenhepfenyuro yeItaly, vakabviswa zvombo ndokuendeswa kumisasa yePOW muTatu Reich kazhinji nezvikwata zvidiki zveGerman. Zvisinei, mamwe mauto aiva muGreece, Albania, Yugoslavia neItaly akarwisa vaGermany. Admirals Inigo Campioni naLuigi Mascherpa vakatungamirira kuedza kudzivirira Rhodes, Kos, Lerosuye zvimwe zvitsuwa zveDodecanese zvavaimbova vavakidzani vavo. Vachisimbiswa nemauto eSAS, SBS nemauto eBritish Army achitungamirirwa nemaGeneral Francis Gerrard, Russell Brittorous naRobert Tilney, vadziviriri vakabata mwedzi wose. Zvisinei, Wehrmacht akatora zvitsuwa kuburikidza nemhepo uye gungwa zvinomhara ne infantry uye Fallschirmjäger inotsigirwa neLuftwaffe. Vose vari vaviri Campioni naMascherpa vakabatwa ndokuurawa paVerona nokuda kwokutengesa nyika. 