 Zvisinei, kukunda kweItaly kwaigara kuchipikiswa zvakanyanya, zvese nekumukira kwakasiyana kunyanya kupokana kwechiGreek uye maYugoslav partisans nemauto eAllied, ayo akarwa Hondo yeMediterranean mukati nekunze kwekutora chikamu kweItaly. Kuwedzera kweumambo hwenyika kuvhura hondo dzakawanda muAfrica, muBalkans, Eastern Europe, uye muMediterranean pakupedzisira kwakaguma nekukundwa kwayo muhondo, sezvo umambo hweItaly hwakaparara mushure mekukundwa kunotyisa mumakwikwi eEastern Europe neNorth Africa. Muna July 1943, pashure pokupinda kweHondo Dzakabatana muSicily, Mussolini akasungwa nomurayiro waMambo Victor Emmanuel III, zvichikonzera hondo yavagari vemo. Mauto eItaly kunze kweItaly akaputsika, nzvimbo dzawo dzaiva pasi pehutongi hweGermany. Italy yakazviisa mumaoko evaAllies musi wa3 September 1943. Musi wa13 Gumiguru 1943, Umambo hweItaly hwakabatana zviri pamutemo neAllied Powers ndokuzivisa hondo kune yaimbova Axis shamwari Germany. 