Concept maps of Italy in the Second World War. In the diagram, the main phases from 1940 to 1943 are summarized: 1940 Mussolini's Italy declares war on France and Great Britain; fascism loses support and Mussolini resigns; the Armistice, September 8, 1943, Italy divided in two: Republic of Salò (in the Center-North, with the Germans) and the Kingdom of Italy (in the south, with the Allies).