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Celere Corps
The Fast Army Corps or Cavalry Army Corps ( it, Corpo d'Armata Celere) was a Royal Italian Army army corps during World War II that participated in the invasion of Yugoslavia. History The Fast or Rapid Army Corps Command was formed on 10 November 1938 in Padua, where it remained stationed until 1941. On 6 April 1941, the Corps was added to the 2nd Army and took part in operations against Yugoslavia. On 13 April it entered Yugoslav territory reaching Bacce, Karlovac, Duga Resa and Ogulin. After the end of the conflict, the units of the Army Corps remained in central-northern Croatia as an occupation force. On 15 July 1941, the Corps returned to the national territory. By 28 September, all 3 of its Fast Divisions had been replaced and transferred to other units. On 15 November, the Command was moved to form the Special Army Corps Command, which was to operate on the Greek-Albanian front. By that time the Fast Army Corps had lost all characteristics of ''Fast Corps'', except f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Italian Army
The Royal Italian Army ( it, Regio Esercito, , Royal Army) was the land force of the Kingdom of Italy, established with the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy. During the 19th century Italy started to unify into one country, and in 1861 Manfredo Fanti signed a decree creating the Army of the Two Sicilies. This newly created army's first task was to defend against the repressive power in southern Italy. The Army of the Two Sicilies combated against criminals and other armies during this time of unification. After the monarchy ended in 1946, the army changed its name to become the modern Italian Army (). Within the Italian Royal Army are the elite mountain military corporals called, the Alpini. The Alpini are the oldest active mountain infantry in the world. Their original mission was to protect and secure Italy's northern mountain border that aligns with France and Austria. This group emerged in World War I when a three-year campaign was fought against the Austro-Hungarian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XXII Army Corps (Italy)
The Italian XXII Army Corps ( it, XXII Corpo d'Armata) was a formation of the Italian army in World War II. History There was a XXII Corps in World War I, which existed between 24 May 1916 and 1 January 1920. The Corps was reformed in Tobruk in Libya on 15 September 1939 and participated in the Italian Invasion of Egypt as part of the Italian 10th Army. After the defeat at the Battle of Sidi Barrani, XXII Corps took up defensive positions at Tobruk. On 21 January 1941, the British attacked Tobruk and by the afternoon of the 23rd, the last Italian nuclei of resistance surrendered. Also on this date, the XXII Corps was considered disbanded. On 10 May 1942, a new XXII Corps was formed in Veneto to control the border with Yugoslavia. In September 1942, the Corps was transferred to Piedmont and on 11 November, following the Anglo-American landing in French North Africa, the XXII Corps crossed the Italian-French armistice line and occupied Nice. It remained as an occupation force ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Messe
Giovanni Messe (10 December 1883 – 18 December 1968) was an Italian field marshal and politician. In the Second World War, he was captured in Tunisia, but made chief of staff of the Italian Co-belligerent Army after the armistice of September 1943. Later he was an elected representative in the Italian Senate. He is considered by many to have been the best Italian general of the war. Early life and career Messe was born in Mesagne, in the Province of Brindisi in the Apulia region of Italy on 10 December 1883. Giovanni Messe pursued a military career in 1901. He saw action in the Italian conquest of Libya and in the First World War. During this conflict, he gave an important contribution to the creation and training of the "Arditi", elite infantry units, and with the rank of '' maggiore'' was the commander of the IX Nono Reparto Arditi that fought in the zone of Monte Grappa. Emerging considerably decorated from these conflicts, he became aide-de-camp to King Victor Emmanuel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelo Pivano
Angelo is an Italian masculine given name and surname meaning "angel", or "messenger". People People with the given name *Angelo Accattino (born 1966), Italian prelate of the Catholic Church *Angelo Acciaioli (bishop) (1298–1357), Italian Roman Catholic bishop from Florence *Angelo Achini or Angiolo Achini (1850–1930), Italian painter *Angelo Agostini (1843–1910), illustrator, journalist and founder of several publications, and although born in Italy, is considered the first Brazilian cartoonist *Angelo Aimo (born 1964), Italian footballer * Angelo Albanesi (late 1765–1784), Italian engraver *Angelo Alistar (born 1975), Romanian footballer * Angelo Ambrogini Poliziano (1454–1494), Florentine classical scholar and poet *Angelo Andres (1851–1934), Italian zoologist *Angelo Anelli (1761–1820), Italian *Angelo Angeli (1864–1931), Italian chemist *Angelo Anquilletti (1943–2015), Italian football defender *Angelo Antonino Pipitone (born 1943), member of the Sicilian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudio Trezzani
Claudio Trezzani (Savigliano, 22 March 1881 – Rome, 13 September 1955) was an Italian general during World War II, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Italian East Africa. After the war he became the last Chief of General Staff of the Kingdom of Italy and the first Chief of the Defence Staff of the Italian Republic. Biography Trezzani was born in Savigliano, Piedmont, and joined the Royal Italian Army in his youth, enlisting in the Alpini corps. He participated in the Italo-Turkish War and in the First World War, serving as a staff officer in the later part of the war and earning a Silver Medal of Military Valour and a Knight's Cross of the Military Order of Savoy for his behaviour during the retreat that followed the battle of Caporetto and for his role in the battle of Vittorio Veneto. After the end of the war he became a teacher at the Italian Army War School in Turin, and was later transferred to the Army Corps of Udine. In the early 1920s he commanded the 90th I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3rd Cavalry Division "Principe Amedeo Duca D'Aosta"
The 3rd Cavalry Division " Principe Amedeo Duca d'Aosta" ( it, 3ª Divisione celere "Principe Amedeo Duca d'Aosta") was a Cavalry or "Celere" (Fast) division of the Royal Italian Army during World War II. The division was formed in 1934, and during World War II was mobilized in June 1940. As a cavalry division it took part in the Invasion of Yugoslavia and was part of the Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia. Annihilated during the Red Army's Operation Little Saturn in December 1942, the survivors returned to Italy in spring 1943. History The division was formed on 1 November 1934 as 3rd Fast Division "Principe Amedeo Duca d'Aosta" in Milan. Although not officially sanctioned the division is considered to be the heir of the 3rd Cavalry Division of Lombardy, which fought in World War I and consisted of the V and VI cavalry brigades and was based in Milan. The division consisted of the III Cavalry Brigade "Principe Amedeo Duca d'Aosta" and the 3rd Cavalry Artillery Regiment. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2nd Cavalry Division "Emanuele Filiberto Testa Di Ferro"
The 2nd Cavalry Division " Emanuele Filiberto Testa di Ferro" ( it, 2ª Divisione celere "Emanuele Filiberto Testa di Ferro") was a Cavalry or "Celere" (Fast) division of the Royal Italian Army during World War II. The division was mobilised in 1940, it did not take part in the Italian invasion of France, but did serve in the Invasion of Yugoslavia and remained in Yugoslavia as part of the occupying forces. In March 1942 the division's 6th Bersaglieri Regiment was sent to the Soviet Union attached to the 3rd Cavalry Division "Principe Amedeo Duca d'Aosta". In May 1942 the division started converting to an armored division, however, the conversion was cancelled and it returned to the Cavalry format. In December 1942, the division moved to France as part of the Italian occupying forces where it was based in Toulon. The division remained in France until the Armistice of Cassibile was announced on 8 September 1943 and was then disbanded by the invading Germans. History The divisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Cavalry Division "Eugenio Di Savoia"
The 1st Cavalry Division "Eugenio di Savoia" ( it, 1ª Divisione celere "Eugenio di Savoia") was a cavalry or "Celere" (Fast) division of the Royal Italian Army during World War II. The division was mobilized in 1940 and took part in the Invasion of Yugoslavia. The division was assigned to the XI Corps in Ljubljana and remained in Yugoslavia as occupation force on the Dalmatian coast. After the Armistice of Cassibile on 8 September 1943 the division was disbanded by the Germans. History The division was formed on 17 April 1930 as 1st Fast Division in the city of Udine in Friuli. Although not officially sanctioned the division is considered to be the heir of the 1st Cavalry Division of Friuli, which fought in World War I and consisted of the I and II cavalry brigades and was based in Udine. On 15 June 1930 the I Cavalry Brigade, with the regiments Regiment "Cavalleggeri di Saluzzo" (12th), Regiment "Cavalleggeri di Monferrato" (13th), and Regiment "Cavalleggeri di Alessand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Special Army Corps (Italy)
The XXX Army Corps ( it, XXX Corpo d'Armata) was a corps of the Royal Italian Army between 1915 and 1943. It was also known as Special Army Corps between November 1940 and June 1941. History There was a XXX Corps in World War I, formed on 5 October 1917 and dissolved on 26 December 1918. On 15 November 1940, the Special Army Corps ( it, Corpo d'Armata Speciale) was created in Padua by transforming the Rapid Army Corps. It was sent to Albania to protect the coastal sector on the 11th Army front, on the Greek-Albanian border. It was composed of the "Siena", "Acqui" and "Trieste" Divisions and fought in the Greco-Italian War until 23 April 1941, when it had reached the Kalamas river. It remained there as an occupation unit until the end of June, when it was renamed XXX Corps. On 1 October 1941, the XXX Corps was transferred to Campania where it assumed control of the 1st Infantry Division "Superga" and oversaw the defense of the port of Naples and its coastal sectors. It remained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Army Corps
Corps (; plural ''corps'' ; from French , from the Latin "body") is a term used for several different kinds of organization. A military innovation by Napoleon I, the formation was first named as such in 1805. The size of a corps varies greatly, but from two to five divisions and anywhere from 40,000 to 80,000 are the numbers stated by the US Department of Defense. Within military terminology a corps may be: *an operational formation, sometimes known as a field corps, which consists of two or more divisions, such as the , later known as ("First Corps") of Napoleon I's ); *an administrative corps (or mustering) – that is a specialized branch of a military service (such as an artillery corps, a medical corps, or a force of military police) or; *in some cases, a distinct service within a national military (such as the United States Marine Corps). These usages often overlap. Corps may also be a generic term for a non-military organization, such as the US Peace Corps and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ogulin
Ogulin () is a town in north-western Croatia, in Karlovac County. It has a population of 7,389 (2021) (it was 8,216 in 2011), and a total municipal population of 12,251 (2021). Ogulin is known for its historic stone castle, known as Kula, and the nearby mountain of Klek. Toponymy There are several proposed etymologies for the name of Ogulin. Firstly that the surrounding woods needed to be cleared for a better defence of the town, so Ogulin received its name because of the resulting bare area ("ogolio" in Croatian) around it. There were a lot of lime-trees along the road from Ogulin towards Oštarije, and the people used to peel the bark, in order to get bass. It is suggested that Ogulin got its name from the verb to peel ("guliti" in Croatian). Neither proposal is historically confirmed. History Ogulin's history dates back to the fifteenth century, when it struggled against the Ottoman Turks. The exact timing of the building of the Ogulin tower has not been established. However, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duga Resa
Duga Resa is a town in Karlovac County, Croatia. It is located about 65 km southwest of Zagreb and 100 km east of Rijeka. Name The earliest reference to Duga Resa is from the year 1380. There are several theories on how the then-village acquired its name: one is that "resa" is a reference to the town people's folk costumes; another is that it is named from a native plant that grows in the area, both on the land and in the water. Population The village soon grew into a town during the industrialization of the area in the late 19th and early 20th century. In the 2001 census, there were 12,114 inhabitants in the municipality, 96% of which were Croats. In 2011, the total population is 11,180, in the following settlements: * Belajska Vinica, population 180 * Belavići, population 305 * Bošt, population 62 * Cerovački Galovići, population 62 * Donje Mrzlo Polje Mrežničko, population 512 * Donji Zvečaj, population 165 * Duga Resa, population 6,011 * Dvorjanci, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
