In September 1943, the Western Allies—the US, Britain, and Canada—invaded fascist Italy, which was allied with Nazi Germany by longtime dictator Benito Mussolini. Although the Allies had made secret ...
Column of Italian soldiers taken prisoner at Bardia Credit: Keating G (Capt) No 1 Army Film & Photographic ... been immersed in World War II for a year, and Mussolini had declared war in June 1940, ...