 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pasinei noukama hwake hwakanaka nevaItaly, Rintelen akanga asina kana fungidziro pamusoro pesimba rehondo reItaly, iro akanzwa kuti rakanyanyiswa nevaNazi nemhaka yokuwirirana kwavo mune zvematongerwe enyika nechiFascist. Muna May 1943, akaendesa mushumo wokurwisa kwakaitwa nemauto eItaly, achigumisa kuti kusvika iye zvino havana kuzadzisa basa ravakanga vapiwa muhondo iyi, uye vakatokundikana kwose kwose. Akagumisa kuti vaItaly vaisagona kudzorera kupindirwa kwakazara kweAllied kweItaly pasina rubatsiro rwakakura rweGerman. Mukupindura, OKW yakaraira Kesselring kuti adzorere zvikamu zvitatu zvakaparadzwa mumushandirapamwe weTunisia. 