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During the following century the regression spread to some valleys in the western side of Aspromonte near the Straits of Messina, such as the Catona and Gallico Valleys.
At the same time, it had to conduct a build-up of military strength in France, prior to the expected invasion, and to reinforce the Italian theatre, where the Allies had crossed the Straits of Messina and landed at on the Italian mainland at Salerno, and Termoli in September 1943.