Italy (1943–1945, co-belligerent with Allies)

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Italy (1943–1945, co-belligerent with Allies) was the post-Armistice Kingdom of Italy that, after overthrowing Mussolini and switching sides in 1943, fought alongside the Allied powers against Nazi Germany in the final years of World War II.


Statements (50)
Predicate Object
instanceOf co-belligerent state
participant in World War II
state
alliedWith Allied powers
Free French Forces
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
United States
alsoKnownAs Co-belligerent Italy
Regno del Sud
Southern Kingdom
armisticeDate 1943-09-03
armisticePublicAnnouncementDate 1943-09-08
capital Brindisi
Rome
Salerno
continent Europe
controlledTerritory Sardinia
part of Apulia
part of Calabria
part of Campania
southern Italy
country Kingdom of Italy
declarationOfWarOnGermanyDate 1943-10-13
declaredWarOn Germany
endTime 1945-05-02
governmentType constitutional monarchy
headOfState Victor Emmanuel III
historicalPeriod World War II
legalStatus co-belligerent under armistice terms
not a full Allied power
militaryForce Italian Co-belligerent Air Force
Italian Co-belligerent Army
Italian Co-belligerent Navy
monarch Victor Emmanuel III
opposedBy Italian Social Republic
Nazi Germany
participatedIn Allied invasion of Italy
Battle of Monte Cassino
Gothic Line offensive
Italian Campaign
partOf United Nations founding coalition (de facto, after 1945)
politicalStatus co-belligerent with the Allies
predecessor Kingdom of Italy (Axis power)
primeMinister Pietro Badoglio
signed 1947 Paris Peace Treaties
Armistice of Cassibile
startTime 1943-09-08
successor Italian Republic
Kingdom of Italy (postwar)

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Western Front (World War II)
belligerent

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