Southern Kingdom

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Italian government World War II government political entity

The Southern Kingdom was the Allied-aligned Italian government that controlled southern Italy after the 1943 armistice and fought against the Axis powers during the final years of World War II.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Italian government → World War II government → political entity →
alignedWith	Allies of World War II →
alsoKnownAs	Badoglio government → Co-belligerent Italy → Regno del Sud NERFINISHED →
capital	Brindisi → Salerno →
country	Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED →
countryControlled	Sardinia → Sicily → southern Italy →
dissolvedAfter	liberation of northern and central Italy →
endTime	1945 → June 1945 →
followedBy	Italian Republic → Kingdom of Italy (post-liberation government) →
governmentType	constitutional monarchy →
hadMilitaryForces	Italian Co-belligerent Air Force → Italian Co-belligerent Army → Italian Co-belligerent Navy →
headOfGovernment	Pietro Badoglio →
headOfState	Victor Emmanuel III →
historicalEvent	Italian armistice of 8 September 1943 →
historicalRegion	Mezzogiorno →
language	Italian →
leaderTitle	King → Prime Minister →
legalContinuityWith	Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED →
militaryStatus	co-belligerent with Allies →
opposedTo	Axis powers → Italian Social Republic →
participatedIn	Italian Campaign → World War II →
partOf	Allied military administration in Italy →
precededBy	Fascist regime of Benito Mussolini →
primeMinister	Ivanoe Bonomi → Pietro Badoglio →
recognizedBy	Soviet Union → United Kingdom NERFINISHED → United States →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
signedArmisticeWith	Allied powers →
significantEvent	Allied landings at Salerno → King and government flight from Rome to Brindisi →
startTime	1943 → September 1943 →
usedCurrency	Italian lira →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Italy (1943–1945, co-belligerent with Allies) →	alsoKnownAs