Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna March 1944, boka rehondo rakachinjwa zita kuva Mauto Akabatana muItaly. Mukati menguva iyi yose, boka rehondo raiva pasi pokutungamirirwa kweBritish General Sir Harold Alexander. Pakupera kwa 1944, boka rehondo rakanga rapfuurira kuchamhembe richipinda muItaly, richibata Roma, uye richidzinga mauto eAxis akanga achidzokera kuNorthern Italy. Kunyangwe uye nekuda kwekufambira mberi nekukurumidza kwemauto eAllied muItaly munaJune-Chikunguru 1944, mushure mekusunungurwa kweRome, mukuru weAllied kuWestern Europe akafunga kubvisa kubva kuItaly kumberi kweFrench Expeditionary Corps neUS VI Corps, yakatumirwazve kuti iende kuSouth yeFrance
mukutsigira kufambira mberi kuchamhembe kwenyika iyoyo, uye kusunungura kumaodzanyemba kweFrance, kusanganisira nzvimbo dzakakura dzechiteshi cheMarseilles neToulon, uye kuunza basa zvikamu zvinomwe zveFrance 1st Army (1st uye 5th armored, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, uye 9th infantry) iyo yakanga yagadziriswazve muFrench North Africa neUnited States. Chikanganiso mumapoka eU.S. Fifth Army chakakonzerwa nekubviswa kwemapoka manomwe (matatu eU.S. Army, 3rd, 36th, uye 45th infantry divisions; uye mana echiFrench, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, uye 4th divisions) akazadzwa muna 1944-45 nevashanu veU.S. Army (10th Mountain, 85th, 88th, 91st, uye 92nd infantry divisions) uye imwe US-yakashongedzerwa neBrazilian Army division (iyo 1st). Zvimwe zvitsva uye zvinhu zvebasa zvakagoverwa nekushandurwa kweUS Army yechipiri Cavalry Division, iyo yakanga yasvika munhandare muna 1944.