The Avalon Project at Yale Law School
Omaha Beach, France - Joseph Gary Sheahan. Courtesy of the U.S. Army Center of Military History
Armistice with Italy
September 3 - November 17, 1943


  • Armistice with Italy; September 3, 1943


  • Employment and Disposition of Italian Fleet and Merchant Marine (Cunningham-de Courten Agreement); September 23, 1943


  • Instrument of Surrender; September 29, 1943


  • Letter from Commander in Chief of Allied Forces to Head of Italian Government; September 29, 1943


  • Amendment of Instrument of Surrender; November 9, 1943


  • Employment and Disposition of Italian Fleet and Merchant Marine; November 17, 1943





  • Omaha Beach, France - Joseph Gary Sheahan. Courtesy of the U.S. Army Center of Military History