 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Kupinda kweSicily muna Chikunguru 1943 kwakatungamira kudonha kwehurumende yeFascist yeItaly uye kuwa kwaMussolini, uyo akabviswa uye akasungwa nekuraira kwaMambo Victor Emmanuel III musi wa25 Chikunguru. Hurumende itsva yakasaina chibvumirano chokumisa hondo neAllies musi wa 8 September 1943. Zvisinei, mauto eGermany akakurumidza kudzora kuchamhembe nepakati peItaly; Mussolini, uyo akanunurwa nemauto eGermany, akatanga hurumende yechidhori, iyo Italian Social Republic RSI, kuti itarisire nzvimbo yaitongwa neGermany. VaGermany, pane dzimwe nguva vachitsigirwa nevaFascist vokuItaly, vakaitawo utsinye hwakasiyana-siyana kuvanhuwo zvavo uye kumasoja asiri echiFascist. Somugumisiro, Italian Co-Belligerent Army yakasikwa kuti irwe neRSI nevatsigiri vayo veGermany, pamwe chete neItaly yakakura yekudzivirira, asi mamwe mauto eItaly, akavimbika kuna Mussolini, akaramba achirwa pamwe chete nemaGermany muNational Republican Army. Iyi nhambo inozivikanwa seHondo yevagari vemo yeItaly. Muna April 1945, Mussolini akabatwa neboka revarwi vokuItaly uye akaurayiwa nechikwata chevanhu. Hondo yacho yakapera apo Boka reMauto C rakazvipira risina mvumo kune maAllies musi waMay 2, 1945, vhiki imwe pamberi peGerman yepamutemo Chirongwa cheKuzvipira. Nyika dzakazvimirira dzeSan Marino neVatican, dzose dziri mbiri dzakapoteredzwa nenharaunda yeItaly, dzakakanganiswawo muhondo yacho. 