To be fair, this was more reflecting the utterly embarrassing way the Italian king and his government managed the switch on 8 September 1943. There are similar

To be fair, this was more reflecting the utterly embarrassing way the Italian king and his government managed the switch on 8 September 1943. There are similar stories of Italians rounded up by Germans all over Italy, Germany, and Africa. Italian troops were unprepared and received confused orders, if they ever received any.