Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pashure pokunge Italy yapinda muHondo yeNyika II muna June 1940, "Trento" uye "Trieste" vakaona chiito chakakura mukurwisana nemauto eBritain muGungwa reMediterranean, kusanganisira muhondo dzeCalabria, Cape Spartivento, uye
Cape Matapan muna July naNovember 1940 uye March 1941, zvichiteerana. Muna November 1941, "Trieste" yakaputitswa negungwa racho; akapedza nguva yakawanda yegore rakatevera achigadziriswa. Munguvayi, "Trento" akanga aripowo mukati meHondo Yokutanga neYechipiri yeSirte isina kugumisa. Ngarava yeItaly yakaenda kunorwisa ngarava yeBritain yeOperation Harpoon munaJune 1942, uye pavaiva munzira, "Trento" yakadonhedzwa kaviri, kutanga neBristol Beaufighter torpedo bhomba ndokuzonyudzwa nechikepe chepasi pemvura nekurasikirwa kukuru kwazvo kwehupenyu musi wa15 Chikumi. "Trieste" akaendeswa kuLa Maddalena, Sardinia, kwaakazononyudzwa neUnited States heavy bombers musi wa 10 April 1943.