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{{otheruses|Kingdom of Italy}}
{{Infobox Former Country
|native_name = ''Regno d'Italia''
|conventional_long_name = Kingdom of Italy
|common_name = Italy
|continent = Europe
|region    = Italy
|country   = Italy
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The republic vote won 54% of the vote and Italy officially became a republic, resulting in Umberto II abdicating the Italian throne, replaced by a republic with bitter resentment to the [[House of Savoy]] and banned all male members of Savoy from entering Italy in 1948. This ban was only repealed in 2002. The events are known as the [[Birth of the Italian Republic]].

== Military structure ==
King of Italy — Supreme commander of the Italian Royal Army and Navy
* ''
[[Regio Esercito]]'' (Royal Army)
* ''[[Regia Marina]]'' (Royal Navy)
* ''[[Regia Aeronautica]]'' (Royal Air Force)
* ''[[Blackshirts|Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale]]'' (Voluntary Militia for National Security also known as the "Blackshirts") Militia loyal to Benito Mussolini during the Fascist era

== See also ==
* [[Italy]]
* [[History of Italy as a monarchy and in the World Wars]]
* [[King of Italy]]
* [[Italian unification]]
* [[Italian Fascism]]
* [[Benito Mussolini]]
* [[Birth of the Italian Republic]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
*Barclay, Glen St. J. (1973). ''The Rise and Fall of the New Roman Empire''. London: Sidgwick & Jackson. ISBN 0283978627
*Bosworth, Richard J. B. (1983). ''Italy and the Approach of the First World War.'' London: The Macmillan Pres Ltd. 
*Bosworth, Richard J. B. (2005). ''Mussolini's Italy''. New Work: Allen Lane. ISBN 0713996978
*Pauley, Bruce F. (2003). ''Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini: Totalitarianism in the Twentieth Century Italy''. Wheeling: Harlan Davidson, Inc.
*Smith, Dennis Mack (1997). ''Modern Italy; A Political History''. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0472108956

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