 Kurwisana muSouthern Europe hakuna kutangazve kutozosvikira masimba eAxis akundwa muNorth Africa. Pashure pokukundwa kweAxis muAfrica, mauto eMubatanidzwa akapinda muItalyuye mukati menhambo yakareba vakarwa nzira yavo yokuchamhembe vachipfuura nomuItaly. Kupinda muItaly kwakaguma nokuchinja kworudzi rwacho rutivi rwokuAllies nokudzingwa kwaMussolini. Asi, pasinei zvapo nechiito ichi, vaFascist namauto eGermany anobata vakachengeta hafu yokuchamhembe kweItaly. Muchikamu chokuchamhembe kweItaly, vaGermany vanopamba vakagadza Mussolini somukuru wehurumende itsva yefascist republican, Italian Social Republic kana kuti RSI kuratidza kuti masimba eAxis akanga achiri musimba ikoko uye simba rinofanira kutarisana naro. Asi Mussolini navaFascist vake zvino vakanga vava vatongi vari pasi pavatsigiri vavo veGermany. 