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Mussolini resigns. Italian king Victor Emmanuel III asks Marshal Pietro Badoglio to form a new government.
1 Aug.
The Japanese grant independence to Burma, which declares war on the United States and Great Britain.
14-24 Aug.
Allied representatives meet in Quebec to plan a war strategy.
8 Sept.
Eisenhower announces the unconditional surrender of Italy to the Allies. Stalin permits the reopening of many Soviet churches.
9 Sept.
Allied troops land near Salerno, Italy.
10 Sept.
Germany announces the occupation of Rome and northern Italy.
12 Sept.
German commandos led by Capt. Otto Skorzeny rescue Mussolini from house arrest in San Grasso and take him to northern Italy, where he forms a new Fascist government.
30 Sept.
The Allies occupy Naples.
13 Oct.
The Italian government led by Badoglio declares war on Germany.
14 Oct.
The Japanese declare the Philippines independent.
19-30 Oct.
The Allies confer in Moscow and agree that Germany will be stripped of all...
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