Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: MuSouthern Italy, pashure pokurwisa mabhomba maduku neRAF (yakawanda kupfuura iri kuchamhembe), USAAF yakatanga nhimbe yayo yokurwisa mabhomba muna December 1942. Kuputika kwacho kwakanyanya kunanga zvivako zvechiteshi chengarava, nzvimbo dzokugadzirisa zvinhu, mafekitari nenhandare dzendege, asi kusarurama kwokudenha kwakakonzera kuparadzwa kukuru uye kuurawa kwevanhuwo zvavo; pakati pemaguta akarohwa zvakanyanya paiva ne
Naples (vanhu 6 000 vakafa), Messina (inopfuura chikamu chimwe muzvitatu cheguta chakaparadzwa, uye 30% chete ndiyo yakasara isina kukuvadzwa), Reggio Calabria, Foggia (zviuru zvevakafa), Cagliari (vagari 416 vakaurayiwa mukuputika kwebhomba kwaFebruary 1943, 80% yeguta yakakuvadzwa kana kuparadzwa), Palermo, Catania uye Trapani (70% yezvivakwa yakakuvadzwa kana kuparadzwa).