 Kurumidza kutendeuka kumberi kwakachinja nzira yehondo; mushure mekukomberedzwa kwemauto eGerman muStalingrad, kurwisa kweSoviet kwakazotevera kwakatanga musi wa16 Zvita 1942 kwakaparadza 2nd ne35th Italian Army Corps yaimbova CSIR, yaive chikamu chekumisikidzwa kwekumaodzanyemba kwe8th Army, uye zvikamu zvitanhatu zveItaly pamwe nemauto eGerman neRomania zvakamanikidzwa kudzokera kumashure nekukurumidza. Pana 13 January 1943, kurwisa kukuru kwechipiri kweSovietkuchamhembe kworwizi rwaDon vakakurira mauto eAlpini akanga achiri mumutsetse, akanga asina kugadzirirwa zvakanaka uye asina zvokushandisa, ayo akatanga kudzokera shure mumasango, achiteverwa nemapoka eSoviet, uye akamanikidzwa kutambura nhamo huru. Kudzokera shure kwakabhadhara mauto eItaly makumi ezviuru zvekurasikirwa uye kwakapera musi wa31 Ndira, apo 2nd Alpine Division Tridentina yakasvika pekutanga maGerman maSebekino. Basa rokudzorera rakagara kubva musi wa6 kusvika musi wa15 March uye rakapera musi wa24 March, richigumisa mabasa echiuto eItaly muSoviet Union. 