Pedzisa mutsara unotevera:
MaAllies akapinda muSicily musi wa10 Chikunguru 1943, Arisio aive achiri kutungamira XII Corps iri kumadokero kweSicily, iyo yaishanda mukati me6th Army yaGeneral Alfredo Guzzoni, asi yaingobatanidzwa zvishoma mukurwa kwekutanga. Musi wa 12 Chikunguru, mazuva maviri chete mushure mekumhara, Arisio akatsiviwa naFrancesco Zingales pakutungamira kweXII Corps, uye musi wa 1 Nyamavhuvhu akatora kutungamira kweSeventh Army, achitsiva General Adalberto weSavoy-Genova, Duke weBergamo. Mauto, ayo aive nehofisi yayo muPotenza, akaumbwa neXXXI Army Corps yakamira muCalabria (General Camillo Mercalli), XIX Corps yakamira muCampania (General Riccardo Pentimalli) uye IX Corps yakamira muApulia (General Roberto Lerici). Mukuvamba kwaSeptember mauto ake akapinda muchiito mukurwisana nemauto eBritain, ayo akanga ayambuka Strait of Messina ndokusvika pamhenderekedzo yeCalabrian muOperation Baytown. Kurwisa kwokutanga kwakarongwa nemutungamiriri weXXXI Army Corps, General Mercalli, kwakamiswa nekuda kwekudzokera kwe29th Panzergrenadier Division yeGeneral Walter Fries uyo, achiteerera mirairo yeField Marshal Albert Kesselring, akatamira kuCastrovillari kuitira kuti afukidze Gulf yeTaranto kubva kune inogona kuAllied landing. Arisio akakurumidza kupikisa kuGeneral Staff muRome nokuda kwezviito zvaKesselring, asi akapindurwa kuti mauto eGermany aiita zvisinei nemirairo yeItaly.