Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna March 1944, boka remauto rakachinjwa zita kuva Mauto Okubatana 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 wemauto eAllied muWestern Europe akafunga kutora kubva kuItaly kumberi kweFrench Expeditionary Corps neUS VI Corps, yakatumirwazve ku
kumhara kumaodzanyemba kweFrance mukutsigira kufambira mberi kuchamhembe kwenyika iyoyo, uye kusunungura kumaodzanyemba kweFrance, kusanganisira nzvimbo dzakakura dzechiteshi cheMarseilles neToulon, uye kuisa muchiito zvikamu zvinomwe zveFrench 1st Army (1st ne5th armored, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, uye 9th infantry) iyo yakanga yave yakashandurwazve 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.