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Roosevelt issues public statement welcoming Italy's armistice

President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued a public statement welcoming the announcement that Italy had agreed to an armistice with the Allies (Armistice of Cassibile) and affirmed continued Allied military action in Italy.

The statement marked U.S. recognition of a major shift in the European war after Italy's capitulation, signaled Allied commitment to operations on the Italian mainland, and helped shape diplomatic and military policy toward occupied and liberated Italian territory.

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