Ku qor sii wadida sadarkani - Koonfurta Talyaaniga, ka dib duqeymo yaryar oo ay fulisay RAF (oo ka badan kuwa waqooyiga), USAAF waxay bilowday ololaheedii duqeymaha bishii Diseembar 1942. Qaraxyada ayaa inta badan lala beegsaday xarumaha dekedaha, xarumaha, warshadaha iyo garoomada diyaaradaha, laakiin saxnaanta weerarradu waxay sababtay burbur ballaaran iyo khasaare rayid ah; magaalooyinka ugu daran waxaa ka mid ahaa Naples
(6,000 oo khasaare ah), Messina (in ka badan saddex meelood meel magaalada ayaa la burburiyay, oo kaliya 30% ayaa hadhay), Reggio Calabria, Foggia (kumanaan khasaare ah), Cagliari (416 degane ayaa lagu dilay duqeyntii Febraayo 1943, 80% magaalada waa la burburiyay ama waa la burburiyay), Palermo, Catania iyo Trapani (70% dhismayaasha waa la burburiyay ama waa la burburiyay).