Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pashure pezororo ra1943, guta racho rakava nzvimbo inokosha yesangano rokurwisa reItaly. Musi wa7 Mbudzi 1944, hondo yakaitika pedyo nePorta Lame, yakaitwa nevatsigiri ve7th Brigade ye "Gruppi d'Azione Patriottica" vachipesana neFascist neNazi mauto evashandi, havana kubudirira mukukonzera kumuka kwevanhu vose, pasinei nokuva mumwe wehondo huru dzekutarisana nemaguta muEurope. Mauto okudzivisa akapinda muBologna mangwanani aApril 21, 1945. Panguva ino, maGerman akanga atobva muguta racho pamusana pekupinda kweAllied, inotungamirirwa nemauto ePoland achifambira mberi kubva kumabvazuva munguva yeHondo yechipiri yeNyika.
Hondo yeBologna yakanga yave ichirwiwa kubvira musi wa9 April. Wokutanga kusvika pakati yaiva 87th Infantry Regiment of the Friuli Combat Group pasi peGeneral Arturo Scattini, uyo akapinda pakati kubva ku "Porta Maggiore" kumaodzanyemba. Sezvo varwi vakanga vakapfeka zvipfeko zveBritain, pakutanga vakafungwa kuva rutivi rwemasimba akabatanidzwa; apo vagari vomunzvimbomo vakanzwa varwi vachitaura chiItaly, vakabuda mumigwagwa kuzopemberera.