Kingdom of the South
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| 1943–1944 | |||||||||
| Motto: FERT (Motto for the House of Savoy) | |||||||||
| Anthem: (1943–1944) La Leggenda del Piave ("The Legend of Piave") | |||||||||
 Territory controlled by the Kingdom of Italy
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| Status | Rump State of Italian Monarchy | ||||||||
| Capital | Rome (de jure) | ||||||||
| Common languages | Italian | ||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Italian | ||||||||
| Government | Constitutional monarchy under Allied military administration | ||||||||
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• 1900 - 1946 | Victor Emmanuel III | ||||||||
| Prime Minister | |||||||||
• 1943 - 1944 | Pietro Badoglio | ||||||||
| Historical era | |||||||||
| 8 September 1943 | |||||||||
• Long Armistice | 29 September 1943 | ||||||||
| 4 June 1944 | |||||||||
| Currency | AM-Lira | ||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | IT | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Italy | ||||||||
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The Kingdom of the South, refers to the time during the Italian campaign of World War II when the southern parts of the Kingdom of Italy was not under German occupation and instead under Allied occupation during the Italian Civil War from September 8 1943 - May 2 1945.
In September 1943, Italy surrendered to the western allies, but civil war would begin with the independence of the Italian social republic.
Rome would be liberated in June on 1944 and the Allied forces would advance in Italy.[1] In May 1945, the axis forces in Italy surrendered. Ending the war in Italy
Leaders
- Victor Emmanuel III as king
- Pietro Badoglio as prime minister (1943-1944)
- Ivanoe Bonomi as prime minister (1944-1945)
References
- ↑ World War Two (10 June 2023), Week 250- The Invasion of Normandy begins! - WW2 - June 10, 1944, retrieved 4 September 2024