Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Churchill nwere mmasị dị ukwuu n'ógbè Balkan, bụ́ nke o lere anya dị ka otu n'ime ebe ndị kasị mma maka ime ihe. Isiokwu na-aga n'ihu nke "Usoro Mediterenian" ya bụ atụmatụ ya maka ndị Allies ịpụ na Adriatic coast nke Yugoslavia ma gaa n'ihu site na Ljubljana Gap na Alps iji ruo Austria iji tinye ihe agha agha na Eastern Europe. Ọnọdụ Germany na-ada ada na Balkans kpaliri mmasị Churchill ọzọ na atụmatụ ya maka Ljubljana Gap, mana ịpụ na Dalmatia ga-achọ ijide ugwu ọwụwa anyanwụ Italytali na mbụ. N'abalị iri abụọ na ise n'ọnwa Ọgọstụ, ndị agha nke asatọ nke Britain malitere Operation Olive, ọgụ megide Gothic Line na northern Italy nke ndị agha nke mbụ nke Canada duziri iji were Pesaro na Rimini, nke a ga-eji dị ka ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri iji kwado atụmatụ ndị agha Britain na Yugoslavia. Nguzogide siri ike nke ndị German na Gothic Line, nke jiri mpaghara nchekwa nke ugwu ọwụwa anyanwụ Italytali nke ugwu na osimiri 14 gafere, mere ka ndị agha nke asatọ na-aga n'ihu nwayọ nwayọ karịa ka a tụrụ anya ya ma mee ka atụmatụ maka Ljubjana Gate na-etinye. N'akwụkwọ ya bụ́ "Mmeri na Ọdachi", nke ikpeazụ n'akwụkwọ ya bụ́ "Akụkọ Ihe Mere Eme nke Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ", Churchill katọrọ ndị America maka
Ọrụ Dragoon, mwakpo nke ndịda France, nke ọ na-emegide. Dị ka ngosipụta nke obi ilu na ndị America megidere atụmatụ Mediterenian ya, Churchill kwuru na ọ bụrụ na naanị ndị ọrụ na akụrụngwa e nyere maka Operation Dragoon ka emepụtara maka atụmatụ iji kwalite Ljubanja Gap, mgbe ahụ ndị Allies gaara ewere Vienna na 1944 ma si otú a gbochie ndị agha Red Army ijide obodo ahụ na 1945.