 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Musi wa3 September uto raMontgomery rechisere rakasvika pamuganhu weItaly pakatarisana neMessina, uye Italy yakapa musi wa8 September. Kumhara kukuru kweU.S. Fifth Army yaLieutenant General Mark W. Clark, neBritish X Corps pasi peLieutenant General Richard McCreery pasi pehutungamiriri, kwakaitika paSalernomusi wa9 September. Kuburuka kwacho kwakapikiswa zvakasimba nevaGerman avo vakanga vaunza zvikamu zvitanhatu panguva yekunonoka pakati pekubatwa kweSicily nekupinda muItaly, uye pane imwe nguva kufungidzirwa kwakapihwa kubviswa. Kumhara kwechitatu, Operation Slapstick paTaranto pamakumbo eItaly, kwakaitwa neBritish 1st Airborne Division, kumhara kwete nemhepo asi negungwa. Imwe mhedzisiro yekumhara kweVasere Vemauto pamunwe weItari yaive yekuti ivo vaive vava kure nekumhara kukuru kuSalerno, uye vasina chinzvimbo chekupa chero rubatsiro. Kwakanga kusati kuri kusvikira 16 September kuti mapurisa epamberi kubva kuEighth Army akaonana neU.S. 36th Infantry Division. Musi wa 16 Gunyana unozivikanwawo neSalerno Mutiny yakaitwa nevarume vanenge 600 ve50th Northumbrian uye 51st Highland Infantry Divisions. Vakanga vafamba nechikepe vachibva kuTripoli, vachiziva kuti vaifanira kubatana nemamwe mapoka avo, ayo panguva iyoyo akanga ari muSicily. Panzvimbo pezvo, pakangokwira ngarava, vakaudzwa kuti vakanga vachiendeswa kuSalerno, kunobatana neBritish 46th Infantry Division. Naples yakasvikwa musi wa 1 Gumiguru 1943 ne1st Kings Dragoon Guards, uye US Fifth Army, iyo zvino yaive nemapoka mashanu eAmerica nematatu eBritish, yakasvika pamutsetse werwizi rweVolturno musi wa 6 Gumiguru. Ikoku kwakagovera mhinganidzo yokudzivirira yomuzvarirwo, iyo yakachengetedza Naples, Ruwa rweCampania nenhandare dzendege dzinokosha parwuri kubva pakurwisa kweGermany. Munguva iyi, pamhenderekedzo yeAdriatic, Eighth Army yakanga yaenderera mberi kusvika pamutsetse kubva kuCampobasso kuenda kuLarino neTermoli parwizi rweBiferno, asi pakupera kwegore vakanga vachiri kusasvika kuguta guru reItaly reRoma. 