Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mukupera kwaMay, VI Corps yakaputika kubva kuAnzio beachhead muOperation Diadem ne3rd Division mukutungamira kukuru. Panzvimbo pokukunda maGermany, Lieutenant General Clark, mutungamiri weChishanu Army, asina kuteerera mirairo kubva kuna General Sir Harold Alexander, Mutungamiri Mukuru (C-in-C) weAllied Armies muItaly (yaimbova 15th Army Group), akatumira chikamu chacho kuguta guru reItaly reRoma. Izvi zvakabvumira ruzhinji rwechiGerman 10th Army, iyo ingadai yakabatwa, kutiza, nokudaro ichirebesa mushandirapamwe muItaly. Boka racho rakabva rabviswa pamutsetse wapamberi ndokuenda kunorovedza nokuda kweOperation Dragoon, kupinda kweAllied muSouthern France
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