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9th Army (Italy)
The 9th Army ( it, 9ª Armata) was a World War I and World War II field army of the Royal Italian Army. World War I After the Battle of Caporetto (November 1917) the Italian Army was completely reorganized by Armando Diaz. The new 9th Italian Army was formed under command of Paolo Morrone. It consisted of: * two army corps * one cavalry corps * the 6th Czechoslovak Division It participated as reserve in the successful battles of the Piave River (June 1918) and Vittorio Veneto (October–November 1918). World War II It was involved in the abortive Italian invasion of Greece in 1940, and the invasion of Yugoslavia in 1941. It then became the Italian garrison of the occupied or annexed territories of the Kingdom of Albania and the Italian governorate of Montenegro until the Italian surrender in 1943. Its commanders were * Mario Vercellino (1940-1941) * Alessandro Pirzio Biroli (1941 - July 1943) * Renzo Dalmazzo Lorenzo "Renzo" Dalmazzo was an Italian lieutenant general a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Italy (1861-1946)
The Kingdom of Italy ( it, Regno d'Italia) was a state that existed from 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed King of Italy, until 1946, when civil discontent led to an institutional referendum to abandon the monarchy and form the modern Italian Republic. The state resulted from a decades-long process, the ''Risorgimento'', of consolidating the different states of the Italian Peninsula into a single state. That process was influenced by the Savoy-led Kingdom of Sardinia, which can be considered Italy's legal predecessor state. Italy declared war on Austria in alliance with Prussia in 1866 and received the region of Veneto following their victory. Italian troops entered Rome in 1870, ending more than one thousand years of Papal temporal power. Italy entered into a Triple Alliance with the German Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1882, following strong disagreements with France about their respective colonial expansions. Although relations with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |