On September 8, 1943, Italy surrendered to the Allies, and the Germans, who had already occupied the north of Italy, immediately moved to take over the rest of the country.Just days later, they invaded Rome.Meanwhile, British and American forces had landed in the south and were slowly moving northward.The writer Alba de Céspedes and her companion (and later her husband), Franco Bounous, were living in Rome.
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