 Both the British and Americans told Umberto that Ethiopia had its independence restored in 1941 and would not revert to Italian rule, while the Allies had promised that Yugoslavia would be restored to its pre-war frontiers after the war.Umberto later stated that he would have never signed the peace treaty of 1947 under which Italy renounced its empire.On 15 April 1944, in an interview with "The Daily Express", Umberto stated his hope that Italy would become a full Allied power, expressing his wish that the " Regia Marina" would fight in the Pacific against Japan and the " Regio Esercito" would march alongside the other Allied armies in invading Germany.