Premise: The Italian Civil War ( Italian : La guerra civile ) is the period between September 8 , 1943 ( the date of the armistice of Cassibile ) , and May 2 , 1945 ( the date of the surrender of German forces in Italy ) in which the Italian Resistance and the Italian Co-Belligerent Army fought together and defeated the forces of the Fascist Italian Social Republic . Italy . The subsequent participation in World War II on the Axis side ended in military defeat , economic destruction and an Italian civil war . Following the liberation of Italy and the rise of the resistance , the country abolished the monarchy , reinstated democracy , enjoyed a prolonged economic boom and , despite periods of sociopolitical turmoil ( e.g. Anni di piombo , Mani pulite , the Second Mafia War , the Maxi Trial and subsequent assassinations of anti-mafia officials ) , became a major developed country .
Hypothesis: Italy had a civil war.
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