 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kunyange pamberi pokugumiswa kwehondo muSicily, gadziriro dzakanga dzatanga nokuda kweinotevera, kudenha kweAllied kweItaly. Zvakare nhevedzano yekumhara kwakapararira yakafungidzirwa, zvichibva pakutarisira kuti Italy yaizokurumidza kupa, uye maGerman aizobvisa muItaly. Mauto Echisere aiva nebasa rinotsigira, achitungamirira Operation Baytown, kumhara kumaodzanyemba kweItaly, nepo US Fifth Army yakaita kurwisa kukuru, Operation Avalanche, paSalerno. Montgomery kana de Guingand vakanga vasiri kutsigira chirongwa chacho, na de Guingand vachitaura kuti Baytown inofanira kubviswa. Sezvo vaitya, vaGermany vakaramba, uye nehasha, uye sezvo mamiriro okunze akaipa muna Gumiguru, kufambira mberi kweVasere Vemauto pakupedzisira kwakamira paWinter Line. 