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Salerno, Calabria and Taranto, Italy
Saturday Sep 4, 1943
World War II
Invasion of Italy
Salerno, Calabria and Taranto, Italy
Saturday Sep 4, 1943
On 3 September 1943, the Western Allies invaded the Italian mainland. The invasion lasted to 17 September 1943.

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Cassibile, Italy
Saturday Sep 4, 1943
World War II
Italy surrendered
Cassibile, Italy
Saturday Sep 4, 1943
The Armistice of Cassibile was an armistice signed on 3 September 1943 by Walter Bedell Smith and Giuseppe Castellano, and made public on 8 September, between the Kingdom of Italy and the Allies. The armistice was approved by both King Victor Emmanuel III and Italian Prime Minister Pietro Badoglio. The armistice stipulated the surrender of Italy to the Allies.

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