Operation Achse
September 8–19, 1943 · Italy
Result Axis victory
German forces disarmed the Italian army after Italy signed an armistice with the Allies. The Germans took control of most of Italy and the Italian-occupied Balkans, and sent hundreds of thousands of Italian soldiers to labour camps.
Germany
Italy
Strength and losses
- Killed
- 20,000–30,000
- Captured
- 1,006,370
- Guns captured
- 17,058
- Vehicles captured
- 16,631