Armistice of Cassibile

Armistice of Cassibile

The armistice of the Italian state to the Allies
Italian General Giuseppe Castellano signing the armistice on behalf of Badoglio, with General Walter Bedell Smith (on his right) at Fairfield military camp in Cassibile.
Type	Armistice
Signed	3 September 1943
Location	Fairfield Camp, Cassibile, Italy
Effective	8 September 1943
Condition	Public announcement on 8 September
Amendment	Supplemented by memorandum of agreement of September 23, 1943
Replaced by	Instrument of surrender on September 29, 1943
Negotiators	Pietro Badoglio Dwight D. Eisenhower
Signatories	Giuseppe Castellano Walter Bedell Smith
Parties	Italy  United States  United Kingdom

The Armistice of Cassibile^[1] (Italian: Armistizio di Cassibile) was an armistice that was signed on 3 September 1943 between Italy and the Allies during World War II. It was made public five days later.

It was signed by Major-General Walter Bedell Smith for the Allies and Brigade-General Giuseppe Castellano for Italy. The armistice's signing took place at a summit in an Allied military camp at Cassibile, Sicily, which had recently been occupied by the Allies. The armistice was approved by both Victor Emmanuel III and Marshal Pietro Badoglio, who was serving as Prime Minister of Italy at the time.

Nazi Germany responded by attacking Italian forces in Italy, southern France and the Balkans, and freeing Benito Mussolini on 12 September. The Italian forces were forcefully disbanded in the north and centre of the country, with most of Italy being occupied by the Germans, who established a puppet state, the Italian Social Republic led by Mussolini. The king, the Italian government and most of the Navy fled to southern Italy under the protection of the Allies. An Italian resistance movement emerged in German-occupied Italy.