Describe about German-Italy war?

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Please follow the below mentioned points for your answer:

• In 1943, Italy declared war on Germany and joined war on the side of Allies against its old partner.
• Gen. Pietro Badoglio, Mussolini’s former chief of staff started negotiating with General Eisenhower regarding a conditional surrender of Italy to the Allies.
• After Mussolini started loosing control over Italy, Hitler planned to invade Italy to keep the Allies from gaining a foothold that would situate them within easy reach of the German-occupied Balkans.
• Hitler launched Operation Axis, the occupation of Italy.
• As German troops entered Rome, General Badoglio and the royal family fled to Brindisi, in southeastern Italy, to set up a new antifascist government.
• But several factors led to the ending of the war like bad weather, mis-calculations and so on.

Hope these points shall be helpful to you while writing your answer.
 

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