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Benito Mussolini and his followers (Blackshirts) march to Rome and insisted King Emmanuel III step down and institute a Fascist government.
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Anti-Fascists operated underground resistance to the corrupt government through workers unions, by publishing their beliefs, and by sabotages.
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The treaty of cooperation is signed between Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.
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The Allies begin the conquest of Sicily and finish by mid-August.
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The Fascist Grand Council deposes Mussolini and put Pietro Badoglio in charge.
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The surrender of Italy to the Allies.
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After the Armistice of Cassibile, the Nazis took control of Italy and defended against the Allies during the Italian Campaign.
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The battle that broke out between partisans and the Germans after the declaration of the Armistice of Cassibile.
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The uprising of the people in Naples from September 27-30 that led to the Germans evacuating the city the day before the Allies arrived.
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The large-scale Allied invasion of Germany-controlled Normandy.
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The treaty of surrender of Italy under Badoglio to the Allies.
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The date Milan and Turin were liberated. It is also the day the CLNAI (Committee of National Liberation in northern Italy) proclaimed control of political power and sentenced all of the Fascist leaders to death.
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Germany unconditionally surrenders to the Allies
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