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Armistice Between Italy And Allied Armed Forces The Armistice
with Italy was an armistice signed on September 3 and publicly
declared on September 8, 1943, during World War II, between
Italy and the Allied armed forces, who were then occupying the
southern end of the country, entailing the capitulation of
Italy. It is also referred to in Italy as the ''Armistizio di
Cassibile'' (from the place in which it was signed) or the
''Armistizio dell'8 Settembre'' (more simply ''8 Settembre'').
Following the 1942 defeat of the Axis Powers in North Africa,
the Allies bombed Rome on Sunday 16 May 1943, invaded Sicily on
10 July and began to land on the Italian mainland on 3 September
1943. In the spring of 1943, preoccupied by the disastrous
situation of the Italian military in the war, Italian dictator
Benito Mussolini removed from their positions in the Italian
government several figures whom he reputed to be more faithful
to King Victor Emmanuel than to the Fa