Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan ƙoƙari uku da ba a yi nasara ba don karya Gustav Line, Janar Sir Harold Alexander, Babban Kwamandan (C-in-C) na Sojojin Allied a Italiya (AAI, daga baya aka sanya shi 15th Army Group), ya yanke shawarar yin haɗin kai tare da Sojojin Amurka na biyar da kuma Janar Janar Sir Oliver Leese na Birtaniya na takwas, mai suna Operation Diadem
Ka yi haƙuri. Kamar yadda al'adar Burtaniya take, Janar Alexander ya ba wa talakawansa cikakken 'yanci game da yadda za su aiwatar da umarninsa. Wannan ya ba Juin damar gabatar da babban gyare-gyare ga shirin. Ya ba da shawarar cewa CEF, yanzu ya karu zuwa ƙungiyoyi hudu, ya ci gaba ta hanyar tsaunukan Aurunci mai tsauri kuma ya kewaye matsayi na Jamus. Ya san wahalar kokarin ci gaba, balle ya yi amfani da nasara a kan hanyoyin tsaunuka, amma ya ji cewa Goumiers na Maroko na iya yin hakan.