Ka cika wannan magana: A farkon shekara ta 1943, Italiya tana fuskantar shan kashi. Rushewar gaban Afirka a ranar 4 ga Nuwamba 1942 da kuma
Saukar da Allied a Arewacin Afirka a ranar 8 zuwa 12 ga Nuwamba ya fallasa Italiya ga mamayewar sojojin Allied. Rashin nasarar rundunar sojan Italiya (ARMIR) a Rasha, da bama-bamai masu yawa na biranen, da rashin abinci da mai sun lalata jama'a, yawancinsu suna son kawo karshen yaƙin da kuma yin tir da kawancen da Jamus. Italiya ta bukaci taimakon Jamus domin ta ci gaba da iko da Tunisia, wanda shine na karshe na ikon Axis a Afirka. Duce na Italiya, Benito Mussolini, ya yarda cewa za a iya warware yaƙin a yankin Bahar Rum. A ranar 29 ga Afrilu, 1943, a taron da aka yi a Klessheim, Hitler ya yi watsi da shawarar Mussolini na neman zaman lafiya tare da Rasha da kuma motsa yawancin sojojin Jamus zuwa kudu. Neman karfafawa don kare gadar a Tunisia ya ki amincewa da Wehrmacht, wanda bai ƙara amincewa da nufin Italiyanci don ci gaba da juriya ba. Lafiyar Mussolini ita ce babban dalilin rashin tabbas. Ya yi baƙin ciki da rashin lafiya bayan da aka gano shi da gastritis da duodenitis na tushen jijiya. Saboda rashin lafiyarsa, sau da yawa ana tilasta Duce ya zauna a gida, yana hana Italiya ingantacciyar gwamnati.