Kammala jumlar da ke gaba: Fascist Italiya ta kasance jagora memba na Axis iko a yakin duniya na II. A shekara ta 1943, nasarar da Jamus da Italiya suka yi a bangarori da dama da kuma Allied Allied
saukar jiragen ruwa a Sicily ya haifar da faduwar mulkin Fascist, kuma an kama Mussolini bisa umarnin Sarki Victor Emmanuel III. Sabuwar gwamnati ta sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar armistice tare da Allies a watan Satumbar 1943. Sojojin Jamus sun mamaye arewacin Italiya da tsakiyar Italiya, suna kafa Jamhuriyar Italiya ta Italiya, wata ƙungiya mai haɗin gwiwar da ke karkashin jagorancin Mussolini da magoya bayansa na Fascist. Sakamakon haka, kasar ta shiga cikin yakin basasa, tare da Sojojin Italiyanci na Co-belligerent da ƙungiyar juriya da ke gwagwarmaya da dakarun Jamhuriyar Social Republic da abokanta na Jamus. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan yaƙin da 'yantar da ƙasar, rashin jin daɗin jama'a ya haifar da kuri'ar raba gardama kan ko Italiya za ta ci gaba da zama masarauta ko ta zama jamhuriya. 'Yan Italiya sun yanke shawarar barin masarautar kuma suka kafa Jamhuriyar Italiya, jihar Italiya ta yau.