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I Army Corps (Italy)
The I Army Corps ( it, I Corpo d'Armata) was a corps of the Royal Italian Army between 1877 and 1943. History the I Army Corps was based in Turin and participated in World War I. Between 1935 and 1937, it was part of the Italian Army that fought the Second Italo-Ethiopian War, which led to the Italian Ethiopia, Italian occupation of Ethiopia. In June 1940, it took part in the Italian invasion of France. It reached Bessans, Bramans, Modane, and Termignon in the Savoie. On 15 July it was sent back to Turin. After the landings of the Allies in French North Africa, I Corps participated in Case Anton and on 11 November 1942, it entered French territory again. Starting from December, it took up coastal defense tasks between Cavater and Cape Martin. It remained here until September 1943, when it was disarmed by the Germans and dissolved after the Armistice of Cassibile. Composition (1940-1943) *1st Infantry Division "Superga" (1940-1941) *24th Infantry Division "Pinerolo" (1940) *5 ... [...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] |
Armistice Of Cassibile
The Armistice of Cassibile was an armistice signed on 3 September 1943 and made public on 8 September between the Kingdom of Italy and the Allies during World War II. It was signed by Major General Walter Bedell Smith for the Allies and Brigade General Giuseppe Castellano for Italy at a conference of generals from both sides in an Allied military camp at Cassibile, in Sicily, which had recently been occupied by the Allies. The armistice was approved by both the Italian King Victor Emmanuel III and Marshal Badoglio, the Prime Minister of Italy at the time. Germany moved rapidly by freeing Benito Mussolini (12 September) and attacking Italian forces in Italy (8–19 September), southern France and the Balkans. The Italian forces were quickly defeated, and most of Italy was occupied by German troops, who established a puppet state, the Italian Social Republic. The king, the Italian government, and most of the navy escaped to territories occupied by the Allies. Backgroun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curio Barbasetti Di Prun
Curio Barbasetti, Count of Prun ( Orsara di Puglia, 12 March 1885 – 4 December 1953) was an Italian general during World War II, Chief of Staff of the Italian High Command in North Africa in 1942-1943 and Governor of Montenegro from July to September 1943. Biography He was born in Orsara di Puglia on March 12, 1885, the son of Count Giovanni Barbasetti di Prun and Fulvia Bertoldi. He enlisted in the Royal Italian Army and enrolled at the Royal Military Academy of Artillery and Engineers in Turin, graduating with the rank of artillery second lieutenant. He was promoted to lieutenant on June 30, 1914, and fought with the 9th Infantry Division during World War I, earning a Bronze Medal of Military Valor. After serving as Chief of Staff of the Verona and Bolzano Army Corps, he commanded the 18th Field Artillery Regiment, and then became military attaché at the Italian Embassy in Paris. In 1936 he was promoted to brigadier general and given command of a mechanized brig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Vecchiarelli
Carlo Vecchiarelli (10 January 1884 – 13 December 1948) was an Italian general. He was a veteran combatant of the First World War. Between the two world wars he held the positions of Military Attaché at the Italian Embassy in Prague, Honorary Field Assistant to King Vittorio Emanuele III, Military Attaché at the Italian Embassy in Vienna, commander of the 7th Alpini Regiment, of the I Alpini Brigade, of the 47th Infantry Division "Bari", of the 132nd Armored Division "Ariete", and of the V Army Corps of Trieste. During the Second World War he was commander of the I and XX Army Corps, and of the 11th Army stationed in Greece, with headquarters in Athens. After the proclamation of the Armistice of Cassibile of 8 September 1943, after receiving ambiguous instructions from the Supreme Command, on the morning of 9 September 1943 he gave the order to surrender all heavy weapons to the Germans, in exchange for the latter's commitment to repatriate the Army. The Germans, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruggero Santini
Ruggero Santini (April 16, 1870 – April 4, 1958) was an Italian general. He was the colonial governor of Somaliland. He fought in the First Italo-Ethiopian War and Italo-Turkish War. In World War I he fought against Austria-Hungary. During the Second Italo-Ethiopian War he commanded the 1st Corps and fought in the North against the Ethiopians.Barker, A. J. (1968). The Civilising Mission: The Italo-Ethiopian War 1935–6. London: Cassell. ISBN 978-0-304-93201-6. Awards *Commemorative Medal for the Italo-Austrian War 1915–1918 The Commemorative Medal for the Italo-Austrian War 1915–1918 was the Italian campaign medal for World War I. History The medal was established by Royal Decree Of Victor Emmanuel III No. 1 241 of July 29, 1920 to award soldiers of the Italian A ... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Santini, Ruggiero 1870 births 1958 deaths Italian generals Italian military personnel of World War I Italian military personnel of the First Ita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
224th Coastal Division (Italy)
The 224th Coastal Division ( it, 224ª Divisione Costiera) was an infantry Division (military), division of the Royal Italian Army during World War II. Royal Italian Army coastal divisions were second line divisions formed with reservists and equipped with second rate materiel. They were often commanded by officers called out of retirement.Jowett p 6 History In November 1942 Axis powers, Axis forces Case Anton, invaded Southern France and divided it into a German and an Italian occupation of France, Italian occupation zone. For the Coastal defence and fortification, coastal defense of its zone Italy raised on 1 January 1943 the 223rd Coastal Division (Italy), 223rd Coastal Division in Bologna and the 224th Coastal Division in Florence. Both divisions were formed with reserve units of the army's regular Alpini regiments. The 224th Coastal Division was based in Nice and assigned to I Army Corps (Italy), I Army Corps. After the announcement of the Armistice of Cassibile on 8 Septe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
223rd Coastal Division (Italy)
The 223rd Coastal Division ( it, 223ª Divisione Costiera) was an infantry Division (military), division of the Royal Italian Army during World War II. Royal Italian Army coastal divisions were second line divisions formed with reservists and equipped with second rate materiel. They were often commanded by officers called out of retirement.Jowett p 6 History In November 1942 Axis powers, Axis forces Case Anton, invaded Southern France and divided it into a German and an Italian occupation of France, Italian occupation zone. For the Coastal defence and fortification, coastal defense of its zone Italy raised on 1 January 1943 the 223rd Coastal Division in Bologna and the 224th Coastal Division (Italy), 224th Coastal Division in Florence. Both divisions were formed with replacements and reserve units of the army's regular Alpini regiments. The 223rd Coastal Division was based in La Colle-sur-Loup and assigned to I Army Corps (Italy), I Army Corps. After the announcement of the Arm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
59th Infantry Division "Cagliari"
The 59th Infantry Division "Cagliari" ( it, 59ª Divisione di fanteria "Cagliari") was a infantry Division (military), division of the Royal Italian Army during World War II. The Cagliari was classified as a mountain infantry division, which meant that the division's artillery was moved by pack mules instead of the horse-drawn carriages of line infantry divisions. Italy's real mountain warfare divisions were the six alpine divisions manned by Alpini mountain troops. The division was formed on 5 April 1939 in Vercelli and named for the city of Cagliari. Garrisoned in Vercelli, the division was made up almost entirely of men from northern Piedmont, especially from the cities of Vercelli and Ivrea. The division participated in the Greco-Italian War in 1940-41 and was then sent to the Peloponnese in Greece as garrison unit. There the division was disbanded by Operation Achse, invading German forces after the Armistice of Cassibile between Italy and the Allies of World War II, Allies w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
