Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Pashure pepakati pa1942, nokukura kweKuramba kwakaitwa zvombo, uye kuparadzwa kunoshamisa kwebhiriji reGorgopotamos (Operation "Harling") neboka revarwi vehondo vechiGreek nevapanduki veBritain musi wa25 Mbudzi, zviremera zveItaly zvakaedza zvisina maturo kudzora kuwedzera kwezviito zvekuramba zvakanangana nemauto avo. Mapoka evapanduki akabudirira zvikuru kurwisa vaItaly, achibvumira kugadzirwa kwenzvimbo "dzakasunungurwa" mukati memakomo, kusanganisira maguta akakura, pakati pa1943. Zvisinei, panguva iyoyo, mauto eGermany akatanga kupinda muGreece. Zvikamu zvepamusoro-soro zvakadai se1st Panzer Division uye 1st Mountain Division zvakaunzwa munyika, zvose zviri zviviri mukutarisira kwekugona kweAllied landing muGreece (pfungwa yakasimudzirwa nemaune neAllies pachavo sekutsausa kubva pakusvika kuSicily
) uye sechivimbiso chokudzivisa kubvuma kukundwa kweItaly.