Italian armistice of 1943

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World War II event armistice international treaty military agreement

The Italian armistice of 1943 was the agreement in World War II by which Italy ceased hostilities against the Allies and effectively withdrew from its alliance with Nazi Germany, leading to German occupation of much of the country and a complex civil conflict.

Aliases (6)

Armistice of Cassibile ×5
Italian armistice of Cassibile ×2
Armistice of Cassibile negotiations ×1
Italian armistice of 8 September 1943 ×1
Italian surrender in World War II ×1
Italian surrender of 1943 ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II event → armistice → international treaty → military agreement →
announcedBy	Dwight D. Eisenhower → Pietro Badoglio →
announcedOn	1943-09-08 →
broadcastVia	radio →
classifiedAs	unconditional surrender in practice →
context	Mediterranean Theater of World War II →
countryInvolved	Allied Powers → Kingdom of Italy → Nazi Germany → United Kingdom → United States →
followedBy	German occupation of Italy → Italian Civil War → Operation Achse → creation of Italian Social Republic →
hasAlias	Armistice of Cassibile → Italian surrender of 1943 →
language	English → Italian →
legalEffect	Italy’s withdrawal from the Axis alliance → cessation of hostilities between Italy and the Allies →
militaryContext	Allied landings in Italy →
negotiatedInSecret	true →
opposedBy	Italian Fascists loyal to Mussolini → Nazi Germany →
partOf	Italian Campaign → World War II →
precededBy	Allied invasion of Sicily →
primaryObjective	take Italy out of the war against the Allies →
relatedTo	Italian Co-Belligerent Army → Italian Social Republic → King Victor Emmanuel III → fall of Benito Mussolini →
resultedIn	German disarmament of Italian forces → German occupation of central Italy → German occupation of northern Italy → Italian co-belligerence with the Allies → collapse of Fascist Italy as a German ally → division of Italy between Allies and Germany → start of Italian resistance movement on large scale →
signedAt	Cassibile → Sicily →
signedBy	Dwight D. Eisenhower → Pietro Badoglio → representatives of the Allied forces → representatives of the Kingdom of Italy →
signedOn	1943-09-03 →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Italian armistice of 1943 ("Armistice of Cassibile") → Italian armistice of 1943 ("Italian surrender of 1943") →	hasAlias
Italy (1943–1945, co-belligerent with Allies) ("Armistice of Cassibile") → Pietro Badoglio ("Armistice of Cassibile") →	signed
Rome–Berlin Axis ("Italian armistice of Cassibile") →	endedWith
Italian Social Republic ("Armistice of Cassibile") →	establishedAfter
Dodecanese campaign ("Italian surrender in World War II") →	follows
Southern Kingdom ("Italian armistice of 8 September 1943") →	historicalEvent
Pietro Badoglio ("Armistice of Cassibile negotiations") →	notableWork
Operation Slapstick ("Italian armistice of Cassibile") →	precededBy
Operation Avalanche ("Armistice of Cassibile") →	relatedArmistice
Axis powers →	surrenderEvent