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Italy decided to enter the second war on the Axis powers side. They decided to enter because they thought they would be able to achive rich pickings when the war ended.
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The Tripartile Pact was signed by Germany, Italy, and Japan. It was a mutual alliance pact. It was signed in Berlin.
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German and Italian troops attacked Yugoslavia, Greece and the island of Crete. German field Marshall Erwin Rommel led the axis powers back to North Africa.
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General Alexander was given a hand-written directive from Churchill ordering that his main directive was to be the destruction of the German-Italian army commanded by Field-Marshall Rommell together with all its supplies and establishments in Egypt and Libya.
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Montgomery attacked the German-Italian army in North Africa with a massive bombardment followed by an armoured attack. He then proceeded to chase the routed enemy some 1500 miles across the desert.
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The British and American forces managed to defeat the Axis forces in North Africa. The campains had been fighting over Africa for it's resources.
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Mussolini had been thrown out of office and the new government of Italy surrendered to the British and the USA. They then agreed to join the allies. The Germans took control of the Italian army, freed Mussolini from imprisonment and set him up as head of a puppet government in Northern Italy.
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Although Italy had surrendered in September, it was only now that the allies were able to liberate Rome from the Germans.
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Mussolini captured and executed Italian partisans captured Mussolini and executed him.
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The German forces in Italy surrendered to the Allies.
