 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Winston Churchill kwenguva refu akanga aona kumaodzanyemba kweEurope senzvimbo isina kusimba mune zvehondo yekondinendi muHondo Yenyika I akanga atsigira chirongwa cheDardanelles, uye muHondo Yenyika II akada maBalkan senzvimbo yemabasa, somuenzaniso muGreece muna 1940. Achidana Italy kuti mimba yakapfava yeAxis, Churchill naizvozvo akanga atsigira uku kupinda panzvimbo pokupinda muFrance yakatorwa. Asi Italy pachayo yakaratidza chinhu chipi nechipi asi chinangwa chakapfava: nzvimbo ine makomo yakapa mauto eAxis nzvimbo dzakanakisisa dzokudzivirira, uye yakanyatsorambidzawo zvakanakira Allied muzvikwata zvine motokari uye zvine michina. Kukunda kwekupedzisira kweAllied pamusoro peAxis muItaly hakuna kuuya kusvika pakurwiswa kwechirimo kwa1945, mushure mekunge mauto eAllied aputsa Gothic Line, zvichitungamira mukutendeuka kwemauto eGerman neRSI muItaly musi wa2 Chivabvu nguva pfupi pamberi peGerman pakupedzisira yakatendeuka ichipedza Hondo Yenyika II muEurope musi wa8 Chivabvu. Mussolini akabatwa ndokuurawamusi waApril 28, 1945 neuto reItaly rokurwisa parakanga richiedza kutiza. 