German occupation of Italy

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The German occupation of Italy was the period during World War II when Nazi Germany seized control of much of the country, establishing a puppet regime in the north and central regions and brutally repressing resistance movements.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi occupation
event of World War II
military occupation
appliesToJurisdiction German Wehrmacht in Italy
surface form: German military commands in Italy

Italian Social Republic
characterizedBy anti-partisan warfare
deportations
massacres of civilians
repression of resistance
chronology after the armistice of 8 September 1943
before the German surrender in Italy on 2 May 1945
countryOccupied Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED
endTime 1945-05
followed Allied invasion of Sicily
fall of Benito Mussolini
followedBy Allied liberation of Italy
surrender of German forces in Italy
hasCause Italian armistice with the Allies
collapse of the Fascist regime
hasPart occupation of Central Italy
occupation of Florence
occupation of Milan
occupation of Northern Italy
occupation of Rome
occupation of Turin
occupation of the Italian Social Republic
location Central Italy
Italian Peninsula
surface form: Italian peninsula

Northern Italy
occupyingPower Nazi Germany
opposedBy Allied armies
Italian Resistance
surface form: Italian resistance movement
participant Allied Armies in Italy
surface form: Allied forces in Italy

Armed Forces of the Italian Social Republic
surface form: Italian Social Republic armed forces

Italian partisans
SS
Wehrmacht
partOf European theatre of World War II
Italian campaign
surface form: Italian campaign of World War II
significantEvent German retreat along the Gothic Line
Italian Resistance
surface form: Italian resistance movement

Marzabotto massacre
Fosse Ardeatine massacre
surface form: Rome massacre at the Fosse Ardeatine

Sant’Anna di Stazzema massacre
armistice of Cassibile
creation of the Italian Social Republic
deportation of Italian Jews
massacres of Italian civilians
partisan uprisings in Northern Italy
roundup of the Ghetto of Rome
startTime 1943-09

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Italian armistice of 1943 followedBy German occupation of Italy
Italian Civil War hasCause German occupation of Italy
Italian armistice of 1943 resultedIn German occupation of Italy
this entity surface form: German occupation of northern Italy
Italian Civil War significantEvent German occupation of Italy
this entity surface form: German occupation of Rome
Primo Levi's Auschwitz trilogy timePeriodDescribed German occupation of Italy
this entity surface form: Nazi occupation of Italy