Cika jumla mai zuwa:
a lokacin rani na 1943, 'yan Jamus sun yi taka tsantsan game da yiwuwar Italiyanci zuwa ga Allies. Don magance wannan taron an tura Rukunin Fallschirmjäger na 2 daga Faransa zuwa Rome a ranar 6 ga Agusta. Heydte ya sami sauraro tare da Paparoma Pius XII kuma ya yi abokantaka da "Mataimakin kursiyin Paparoma", masanin ilimin tauhidi Alois Hudal, wanda daga baya zai zama babban mutum wajen taimaka wa masu aikata laifukan yaƙi na Nazi su guji kotun shari'a a lokacin shari'ar aikata laifukan yaƙi na bayan yaƙin. Rukunin ya shiga cikin ɗaukar Rome a ƙarƙashin ikon Jamus a matsayin wani ɓangare na Jamusanci Operation Achse.