Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mukupera kwaMay, VI Corps yakaputika kubva kuAnzio beachhead muOperation Diadem ne3rd Division muhurukuro huru. 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 kunorovedzwa nokuda kweOperation Dragoon, Hondo yeAllied
kupinda muSouthern France.