Further information: Episode 13 - "Tough Old Gut: Italy (November 1942 – June 1944)"

Emphasizes the difficult Italian Campaign beginning with Operation Torch in North Africa, the invasion of Sicily; Salerno, Anzio, Cassino; and the capture of Rome. Interviewees include General Mark Clark, Field Marshal Lord Harding, Bill Mauldin and Wynford Vaughan-Thomas. Originally broadcast 30 January 1974.