Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Lokacin da Allies suka mamaye Sicily
a ranar 10 ga Yuli, 1943, Arisio har yanzu yana kan umurnin XII Corps da ke yammacin Sicily, wanda ke aiki a cikin Rundunar Soja ta 6 na Janar Alfredo Guzzoni, amma ba shi da hannu sosai a cikin yaƙin farko. A ranar 12 ga Yuli, kwanaki biyu kawai bayan saukar jiragen ruwa, Francesco Zingales ya maye gurbin Arisio a matsayin kwamandan rundunar XII, kuma a ranar 1 ga Agusta ya karbi umurnin Sojoji na Bakwai, ya maye gurbin Janar Adalberto na Savoy-Genova, Duke na Bergamo. Sojojin, waɗanda ke da hedkwatar su a Potenza, sun ƙunshi Rundunar Sojoji ta XXXI da ke Calabria (Janar Camillo Mercalli), Rundunar XIX da ke Campania (Janar Riccardo Pentimalli) da Rundunar IX da ke Apulia (Janar Roberto Lerici). A farkon watan Satumba sojojinsa suka shiga aiki a kan sojojin Burtaniya, wadanda suka tsallaka mashigin Messina kuma suka sauka a gabar Calabrian a cikin Operation Baytown. An fara kai hari da kwamandan rundunar sojojin XXXI, Janar Mercalli, ya tsara, wanda aka soke saboda komawar kungiyar 29th Panzergrenadier Division na Janar Walter Fries wanda, ya yi biyayya ga umarnin Field Marshal Albert Kesselring, ya koma Castrovillari domin ya rufe Gulf of Taranto daga yiwuwar saukowar Allied. Nan da nan Arisio ya yi zanga-zanga ga Janar Janar a Roma don halayyar Kesselring, amma an amsa masa cewa sojojin Jamus sun yi aiki ba tare da umarnin Italiya ba.