 Complete the following phrase:  By May 1943, the battle for North Africa was over, Tunis had fallen, the Allies were victorious and 130,000 German and 120,000 Italian soldiers had surrendered. In September, the 2nd Battalion, as part of the 201st Guards Brigade, temporarily attached to the 56th London Infantry Division, took part in the landings at Salerno and subsequently saw heavy fighting during that month and in October took part in the crossing of the Volturno. At the Battle of Monte Cassino, the 2nd Battalion suffered heavy casualties in tough fighting though it was eventually captured in May 1944. In December, the 1st Battalion, as part of the 24th Guards Brigade of the British 1st Division, arrived in the Italian Theatre. In January 1944, the Scots Guards took part in the 