The Italian Civil War (Italian: Guerra civile italiana) was a civil war in Italy fought between the Italian Co-Belligerent Army and the Italian Resistance (with the Allies of World War II) against the Italian Fascist Italian Social Republic (and the Axis powers) from 9 September 1943 (the date of the armistice of Cassibile) to 2 May 1945 (the date of the surrender of German forces in Italy[10]).