Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A daren 10 ga Yuli, Allies sun sauka a Sicily
Ka yi haƙuri. Duk da tsammanin mamayewar, sojojin Italiya sun sha wahala bayan juriya ta farko, kuma kamar Augusta (mafi ƙarfin ƙarfin tsibirin), sun rushe ba tare da fada ba. A cikin 'yan kwanaki, ya zama a bayyane yake cewa za a rasa Sicily. A ranar 16 ga Yuli, Bastianini ya tafi Palazzo Venezia (wurin zama na Duce) don nuna wa Mussolini sakon waya da za a aika wa Hitler inda ya tsawata wa Jamusawa don ba su aika da ƙarfafawa ba. Bayan amincewar Duce, mataimakin sakataren ya nemi izini don kulla alaƙa da Allies. Mussolini ya yarda, a karkashin yanayin da ba a haɗa kai tsaye ba. Sakataren shi ne dan bankin Vatican, Giovanni Fummi, wanda ya isa London ta hanyar Madrid ko Lisbon. A wannan maraice, Bastianini ya haye Tiber don saduwa da Cardinal Maglione, Sakataren Vatican, wanda ya karbi takarda da ke bayanin matsayin Italiya game da yiwuwar fita daga cikin yaki.