WW2 Italy events

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  • Mussolini named himself dictator

    was prime minister in 1922 before becoming dictator

  • First official war treaty

    Rome-Berlin Axis was signed

  • The Pact of Steel

    Provided the Axis alliance with military provisions

  • Italy officially joined the axis powers

    signed the Tripartite Pact

  • Pietro Badoglio

    took over prime minister after mussolinis fall in 1943, and was a good military leader

  • Invasion of Sicily

    allies invaded sicily and italy withdrew but germany stood strong

  • Italy signed an Armistice with the Allied Powers

    on September 29, 1943 Agreed to stop fighting after Italy’s surrender

  • Italy declared war on Germany

  • Mussolini shot and died

    After germany surrendered he was shot and killed

  • Casualties

    around 457,000 died