Ka cika wannan magana: A shekara ta 1943, Italiya tana shan kashi a ko'ina. A watan Janairu na wannan shekarar, an hallaka rabin sojojin Italiya da ke yaƙi da Tarayyar Soviet, yaƙin Afirka ya kasa, Balkans ya kasance ba shi da kwanciyar hankali, kuma 'yan Italiya suna son a kawo ƙarshen yaƙin. A watan Yuli na shekara ta 1943, 'Yan tawayen
sun mamaye Sicily a kokarin fitar da Italiya daga yakin da kafa kafa a Turai. A ranar 25 ga Yuli, Babban Majalisar Fascism ta kori Mussolini kuma aka kama shi bisa umarnin Sarki Victor Emmanuel III, wanda ya nada Janar Pietro Badoglio a matsayin sabon Firayim Minista. Badoglio ya kawar da abubuwan karshe na mulkin Fascist ta hanyar haramta Jam'iyyar Fascist ta kasa, sannan ya sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar tsagaita wuta tare da sojojin kawance.