An Immediate Repercussion of the Allied Conquest of Sicily in July-August

question 34

Multiple Choice

An immediate repercussion of the Allied conquest of Sicily in July-August 1943 was that:

• A) Hitler ordered German troops to occupy the Italian peninsula.
• B) Hitler arrested Mussolini and imprisoned him in northern Italy.
• C) Mussolini declared total war, conscripting young boys and old men into the army.
• D) Mussolini fell from power, and Italy was recognized by the Allies as a "cobelligerent."

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