<P> However Italy 's conquests were always heavily contested , both by various insurgencies ( most prominently the Greek resistance and Yugoslav partisans ) and Allied military forces , which waged the Battle of the Mediterranean throughout and beyond Italy 's participation . Ultimately the Italian empire collapsed after disastrous defeats in the Eastern European and North African campaigns . In July 1943 , following the Allied invasion of Sicily , Benito Mussolini was arrested by order of King Victor Emmanuel III , provoking a civil war . Italy 's military outside of the peninsula itself collapsed , its occupied and annexed territories falling under German control . Italy surrendered to the Allies at the end of the Italian Campaign . </P>
<P> However Italy 's conquests were always heavily contested , both by various insurgencies ( most prominently the Greek resistance and Yugoslav partisans ) and Allied military forces , which waged the Battle of the Mediterranean throughout and beyond Italy 's participation . Ultimately the Italian empire collapsed after disastrous defeats in the Eastern European and North African campaigns . In July 1943 , following the Allied invasion of Sicily , Benito Mussolini was arrested by order of King Victor Emmanuel III , provoking a civil war . Italy 's military outside of the peninsula itself collapsed , its occupied and annexed territories falling under German control . Italy surrendered to the Allies at the end of the Italian Campaign . </P>
when did the second world war end in italy
when did the second world war end in italy
July 1943
July 1943