Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Chibvumirano chokumisa hondo chakagadza nharaunda ine mwero isina mauto yakadzika murutivi rweFrance rwomuganhu, nokudaro kuchibvisa Alpine Line. Nzvimbo chaiyoiyo yokugara yeItaly yakanga iri bedzi iyo yakanga yave ichigarwa kutozosvikira pakugumisa hondo. Yaiva ne 832 km2 uye vagari ve28,500, iyo yaisanganisira guta reMenton nevagari varo ve21,700. Italy yakachengeta kodzero yokupindira munharaunda yeFrance kusvika kuRhone, asi haina kutora nzvimbo iyi kusvikira mushure mekupinda kweAllied muFrench North Africa
muna November 1942. Mukuwedzera, nzvimbo dzisina mauto dzakatangwa mumakoroni eFrance muAfrica. Italy yakapiwa kodzero yokushandisa chiteshi chengarava cheDjibouti muFrench Somaliland nemidziyo yacho yose, pamwe chete nechikamu cheFrance chechitima cheDjibouti-Addis Ababa. Chinokosha zvikuru, nheyo dzamauto ehondo dzeToulon, Bizerte, Ajaccio neOran dzaifanirawo kuva dzisina mauto.