 Complete the following phrase:  Italy then signed an armistice in Cassibile, ending its war with the Allies. However, Mussolinis reign in Italy was not over as a German commando unit, led by Otto Skorzeny, rescued Mussolini from the mountain hotel where he was being held under arrest. Hitler instructed Mussolini to establish the Italian Social Republic, a German puppet state in the portion of northern and central Italy held by the Wehrmacht. As result, the country descended into 