Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Zvisinei, kukunda kweItaly kwaigara kuchipikiswa zvakanyanya, zvese nekumukira kwakasiyana-siyana (kunyanya kupokana kwechiGiriki uye maYugoslav partisans) nemauto eAllied, ayo akarwa Hondo yeMediterranean mukati uye kupfuura kutora chikamu kweItaly. Zviito zveGermany neJapan muna 1941 zvakatungamirira kupinda kweSoviet Union neUnited States, mumwe nomumwe, muhondo, nokudaro kuchiparadza gadziriro yeItaly yokumanikidzira Britain kubvumirana negadziriro yorugare inotaurirana. Pakupedzisira umambo hweItaly hwakaparara pashure pokukundwa zvine njodzi muhondo dzokuEastern Europe neNorth Africa. Muna July 1943, pashure pokunge
Mukupinda kweAllied muSicily, Mussolini akasungwa nomurayiro waMambo Victor Emmanuel III, zvichikonzera hondo yevagari vemo. Mauto eItaly kunze kweItaly akaputsika, nzvimbo dzawo dzaiva pasi pehutongi hweGermany. Italy yakazviisa mumaoko evaAllies musi wa3 September 1943.