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Armistice of Cassibile

3 September 1943 · 20th century · Part of the Second World War

The Armistice of Cassibile was the armistice between Italy and the Allies, signed secretly on 3 September 1943 at an Allied camp near Cassibile in Sicily and announced on 8 September. Italy surrendered unconditionally, and Germany at once occupied the centre and north of the country and disarmed much of the Italian army. The king and the Badoglio government fled south, and Italy remained divided until 1945.

Armistice of Cassibile
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