 On the morning of 9 September 1943, Umberto arrived with Victor Emmanuel and Badoglio in Brindisi.In September 1943, Italy was partitioned between the south of Italy administered by the Italian government with an Allied Control Commission (ACC) having supervisory powers while northern and central Italy were occupied by Germany with a puppet Italian Social Republic (popularly called the Salò republic) headed by Mussolini holding nominal power.By 16 September 1943, a line had formed across Italy with everything to north held by the Germans and to the south by the Allies.