 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kutevera kupera kwekurwa muSicily, Durnford-Slater akatora kutungamira kwekushanda kweNo. 3 neNo. 40 Royal Marine Commandos pamwe neSpecial Raiding Squadron, vachivashandisa seboka. Muna August naSeptember 1943 akavatungamirira muOperation Baytown, sezvo maAllies akatanga kupinda kwavo muItaly. Pakutanga kwaOctober akatungamirira boka racho muOperation Devon, uko vakashandiswa kutungamirira kurwisa Termoli, kumahombekombe ekumabvazuva kweItaly, anenge makiromita 120 kuchamhembe kweBari. Pakupedzisira chiteshi chengarava chakatorwa zvikurukuru somugumisiro wemakomando aDurnford-Slater. Guta racho rakatorwa pasinei nekukundikana kwehungwaru, zvaitarisirwa kuti vaizotarisana chete nezvikamu zvehutungamiri zveGerman 1st Parachute Division, asi muchokwadi 26th Panzer Division yaive munzvimbo iyi, ichizorora zvichitevera kurwa kuSalerno; uye matambudziko panguva yekumhara, zvimwe zvikepe zvekumhara zve40 Commando uye SRS yakadzika mamita makumi mashanu pamhenderekedzo yegungwa mumatanho matanhatu emvura, zvichitungamira mukurasikirwa neredhiyo yavo yese sezvo varume vakamhara pamhenderekedzo. Kubudirira kwavo kwakareva kuti 8th Army yakakwanisa kuenda mberi panzvimbo pokurwira mutsara weRwizi rweBiferno, iro muromo waro waiva paTermoli. Kutorwa kwechiteshi pedyo nomutsetse wapamberi kwakabvumirawo vaAllies kupfupisa mitsetse yavo yokugovera, uye kuvhura mugwagwa kubva kuNaples kuenda kumhenderekedzo yokumabvazuva. 