Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Panzvimbo pokudzokera nokukurumidza kuFrance, vaAllies vokumadokero vakaronga kudenha muMediterranean Theatre of Operations, umo mauto eBritain akanga atovakwa. Pakazosvika pakati pa1943 kurwisa muNorth Africa kwakanga kwakundwa. VaAllies vakabva vatanga kurwisa Sicily
muna July 1943 uye vakazopinda muItaly muna September wegore iroro. Panguva iyoyo, mauto eSoviet akanga ava kurwisa uye akanga akunda zvikuru muHondo yeStalingrad. Chisarudzo chokutanga kupinda nechisimba muChannel mukati megore rinotevera chakagamuchirwa paMusangano weTrident muWashington muna May 1943. Kuronga kwokutanga kwakaganhurirwa nenhamba yemidziyo yokumhara iripo, mizhinjisa yayo yakanga yatovimbiswa muMediterranean nePacific. Pamusangano weTehran muna November 1943, Roosevelt naChurchill vakavimbisa Stalin kuti vaizovhura hondo yechipiri yakanga yanonoka kwenguva refu muna May 1944.