Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mokuramwa kwehondo kwa1943, guta rakava nzvimbo inokosha yesangano rokurwisana 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 atobuda muguta iri pamusana pekufambira mberi kweAllied, vachitungamirirwa nemauto ePoland aifambira mberi kubva kumabvazuva panguva yeHondo yeBologna
rakanga rava kurwiwa chibviro cha9 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.