Which of these events occurred on the Italian mainland as Allied forces moved across the island of Sicily during the summer of 1943?

As Allied forces fought their way across Sicily in the summer of 1943, Italy’s King Victor Emmanuel III dismissed Benito Mussolini on July 25. Mussolini was removed from power on the Italian mainland; neither Germany nor Britain invaded northern Italy at that time. The correct choice is “Mussolini was removed from power.”

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