Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pakutanga kwa1943, Italy yakanga yava kuda kukundwa. Kuparara kwomuAfrica musi wa4 November 1942 uye
Kubhururuka kweAllied muNorth Africa musi wa 8-12 Mbudzi kwakaisa Italy panjodzi yekupinda kwemauto eAllied. Kukundwa kweuto rokuItaly (ARMIR) muRussia, kubhombwa kukuru kwamaguta, uye kushayikwa kwezvokudya namafuta zvakakuvadza vanhu, vazhinji vavo vaida kugumisa hondo uye kushora mubatanidzwa neGermany. Italy yaida rubatsiro rweGermany kuti irambe ichidzora Tunisia, nhare yokupedzisira yeAxis powers muAfrica. Duce weItaly, Benito Mussolini, akanyengetedzwa kuti hondo yaigona kugadziriswa munhandare yeMediterranean. Musi waApril 29, 1943, pamusangano muKlessheim, Hitler akaramba chikumbiro chaMussolini chokutsvaka rugare rwakaparadzana neRussia uye kutamisa chikamu chikuru cheuto reGermany kumaodzanyemba. Chikumbiro chokuwedzerwa kuti vadzivirire musoro webhiriji muTunisia chakarambwa neWehrmacht, iyo yakanga isingachavimbi nechido cheItaly chokuramba ichirwisa. Utano hwaMussolini hwakanga huri chimwe chinhu chikuru chokusava nechokwadi. Akanga akaora mwoyo uye achirwara pashure pokunge aonekwa aine gastritis uye duodenitis inokonzerwa netsinga. Nemhaka yokurwara kwake, Duce aiwanzomanikidzwa kugara pamba, achibvisa Italy muhurumende inoshanda.