 Pakati paAugust, neSicily yakachengetedzwa, iye akavamba gadziriro dzokumhara pamhenderekedzo yeItalykuSalerno. Nokuda kwekupinda ikoko, muparadzi akapiwa boka rekutsigira moto reSouthern Attack Force iro raiva nemakwikwi mashanu mana eAmerica uye imwe yeBritain uye vaparadzi vana ve Woolsey DesRon 13. Muchikamu ichocho, akatsigira kumhara kumaodzanyemba kweGulf of Salerno shoreline. Panguva yokurwiswa musi wa 9 September, zvisinei, akagamuchira kudanwa kumwe chete kwekutsigirwa kwemoto. Chiitiko ichocho chakaitika nguva pfupi pashure pa16:30 apo boka rake rokudzora moto pamhenderekedzo yegungwa rakamudana kuti abatane mukupfura zvikwata zvematangi omuvengi. 