Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A lokacin rani na 1942, Grandi yana da wata ganawa ta sirri tare da Victor Emmanuel, inda ya roƙe shi ya kori Mussolini kuma ya sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar armistice tare da Allies kafin a hallaka tsarin mulkin Fascist kawai don a gaya masa ya "amince da sarkinku" kuma "dakatar da magana kamar ɗan jarida kawai". Grandi ya gaya wa Ciano cewa dole ne sarki ya kasance "mahaukaci" da / ko "mai hankali" kamar yadda yake da cikakken aiki, ya ƙi yin aiki da Mussolini. A ƙarshen 1942, Italiya ta Libya ta ɓace. A lokacin Operation Anton a ranar 9 ga Nuwamba, 1942, sojojin Axis sun mamaye ɓangaren da ba a mamaye Faransa ba, wanda ya ba Victor Emmanuel damar yin shelar a cikin wani jawabi a ƙarshe Corsica da Nice sun " 'yanta ". A farkon shekarar 1943, an murkushe rukunin goma na "Sojojin Italiya a Rasha" ("Armata Italiana a Rasha", ko ARMIR) a cikin wani mataki na gefe a yakin Stalingrad. A tsakiyar 1943, sojojin Italiya na karshe a Tunisia sun mika wuya kuma Allies sun kama Sicily
Ka yi haƙuri. An hana shi ta hanyar rashin man fetur da kuma mummunan rauni, sojojin Italiya sun kashe mafi yawan yakin da aka yi a tashar jiragen ruwa. A sakamakon haka, Bahar Rum ba ita ce "Mare Nostrum" ta Italiya ba. Duk da yake Rundunar Sojojin Sama ta yi kyau fiye da Sojojin Sojoji ko Navy, ba ta da isasshen jiragen sama na zamani.