Invasion of Italy and End of Dictatorship 1942-46

italian soldiers taken prisoner in confusion of invasion

over 1 million

RSI monthly payment

required to pay 7 billion lire to Germany per month

Number of Jews taken from Italy who were executed

7,000 of around 7,500

RSI men in armed forces by 1944

570,000 (many more than partisans)

votes for republic or monarchy 1946

12 million voted for Italy to be a republic, 10 million for monarchy

deaths in WWII

500,000, including RSI soldiers and partisans

results of 1946 elections (parties)

207 seats Christian democrats, 114 PSI, PCI 104

Mussolini rescued and taken to Germany

13 September 1943

Italian surrender signed by Badoglio's government

3 September 1943

Mussolini removed from power and arrested

25 July 1943

Italy officially declares war on Germany

13 September 1943

number of Italians (including RSI and partisans) killed in WWII

500,000