Top Ten Events

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    Italy

  • Entering the War 1.

    Italy entered the war on June 10, 1940 to be in part of the redrawing of Europe.
  • Tripartite Pact 4.

    The three countries Japan, Germany, and Italy make their alliance official, these three countries would later be called the Axis powers.
  • Declared War on Greece 10.

    This would be soon a complete disaster and humiliate the Italian army. They outnumbered the Greeks three to one but lost horribly, and would soon start a domino effect of costly battles.
  • El Alamein 9.

    Italian and German forces were destroyed by the Allies, who humiliated them by pushing them across the desert in battle for over hundreds of miles.
  • Invasion of Sicily 5.

    The British and Americans invade the Italian homeland, to gain a strategic battle point in thewar against Germany.
  • Conquer of Sicily 7.

    The Allies invasion of the Sicily is final, and they have conquered the island.
  • Mussolini Overthrown 2.

    Once the allies freed Italy from the axis powers, Mussolini was exiled and put into German care.
  • Italian Army Surrenders 8.

    With Mussolin overthrown the Allies put in a new president who later signed a peace treaty with the Allies, surrendering the germany army then took control of the Italian army.
  • Rome Liberated 6.

    The Allies finally liberated the capital of Italy, making the country the Allies victory once and for all.
  • Mussolini Executed 3.

    Finally captured by the Allies, Mussolini was publicy executed in front of the Italian people, and facism was ended.