Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A Kudancin Italiya, bayan kananan hare-haren da RAF ta yi (mafi yawa fiye da arewacin), USAAF ta fara yakin basasa a watan Disamba na 1942. Yawancin hare-haren da aka kai sun kai hari ne a tashar jiragen ruwa, tashar jiragen ruwa, masana'antu da filayen jirgin sama, amma rashin daidaito na hare-haren ya haifar da babbar lalacewa da asarar rayukan fararen hula; daga cikin biranen da aka fi fama da su shine Naples
(Mutane 6,000), Messina (fiye da kashi ɗaya bisa uku na birni ya lalace, kuma kashi 30% ne kawai suka rage), Reggio Calabria, Foggia (dubban mutane), Cagliari (an kashe mazauna 416 a cikin fashewar bam na Fabrairu 1943, kashi 80% na birni ya lalace ko ya lalace), Palermo, Catania da Trapani (kashi 70% na gine-ginen sun lalace ko sun lalace).