<Ul> <Li> San Marino </Li> <Li> Gothic Line </Li> <Li> 1945 Spring offensive </Li> </Ul> <Li> 1945 Spring offensive </Li> <P> 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 of World War II . It was signed at a conference of generals from both sides in an Allied military camp at Cassibile in Sicily, which had recently been occupied by 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 . </P> <P> After its publication, Germany retaliated against Italy, attacking Italian forces in Italy, South of France and the Balkans . Italian forces were quickly defeated and most of Italy was occupied by German troops, while the King, the government and most of the navy reached territories occupied by the Allies . </P>

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