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XIX Army Corps (Italy)
The XIX Army Corps ( it, XIX Corpo d'Armata) was a corps of the Royal Italian Army between 1942 and 1943. History The XIX Army Corps was created on 3 March 1942 in Bolzano. On 1 May 1943 it was transferred to Campania where it was tasked with coastal defense. When the Armistice of Cassibile was signed, the Corps commander Riccardo Pentimalli took no action to prevent the German takeover of the area under his control, and even fled in civilian clothes together with Ettore Deltetto, leaving his subordinates without orders. As a consequence, the XIX Corps was disarmed by the Germans and dissolved on 11 September 1943 at Santa Maria Capua Vetere. Composition (1943) * 9th Infantry Division "Pasubio" (Carlo Biglino) * 222nd Coastal Division ( Ferrante Vincenzo Gonzaga - KIA) * XXXII Coastal Brigade (Carlo Fantoni). * Territorial Defense of Naples ( Ettore Deltetto) Commanders * Gen. D. Arturo Taranto (interim) (1942.03.03 – 1942.03.08) * Gen. C.A. Gastone Gambara (1942.0 ... [...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] |
Bolzano
Bolzano ( or ; german: Bozen, (formerly ); bar, Bozn; lld, Balsan or ) is the capital city of the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy. With a population of 108,245, Bolzano is also by far the largest city in South Tyrol and the third largest in historical Tyrol. The greater metro area has about 250,000 inhabitants and is one of the urban centers within the Alps. Bolzano is the seat of the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, where lectures and seminars are held in English, German, and Italian. The city is also home to the Italian Army's Alpini High Command (COMALP) and some of its combat and support units. In the 2020 version of the annual ranking of quality of life in Italian cities, Bolzano was ranked joint first for quality of life alongside Bologna. Along with other Alpine towns in South Tyrol, Bolzano engages in the Alpine Town of the Year Association for the implementation of the Alpine Convention. The Convention aims to promote and achieve sustainable developme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campania
Campania (, also , , , ) is an administrative Regions of Italy, region of Italy; most of it is in the south-western portion of the Italian peninsula (with the Tyrrhenian Sea to its west), but it also includes the small Phlegraean Islands and the island of Capri. The capital of the Campania region is Naples. As of 2018, the region had a population of around 5,820,000 people, making it Italy's third most populous region, and, with an area of , its most densely populated region. Based on its Gross domestic product, GDP, Campania is also the most economically productive region in southern Italy List of Italian regions by GDP, and the 7th most productive in the whole country. Naples' urban area, which is in Campania, is the List of urban areas in the European Union, eighth most populous in the European Union. The region is home to 10 of the 58 List of World Heritage Sites in Italy, UNESCO sites in Italy, including Pompeii and Herculaneum, the Royal Palace of Caserta, the Amalfi Coast and ... [...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] |
Riccardo Pentimalli
Riccardo Pentimalli (Palmi, 29 February 1884 – Venice, 23 May 1953) was an Italian general during World War II. Biography He was born in Palmi on February 29, 1884, the son of Luigi Pentimalli and Giuseppina Contestabile. After attending the Royal Military Academy of Artillery and Engineers in Turin, he participated in the Italo-Turkish War as a second lieutenant of artillery in Libya. At the outbreak of the First World War, with the rank of captain, he was assigned to the fort of Punta Corbin in the Val d'Astico ( Vicentine Alps); he was later transferred to the Fourth Army. On November 3, 1918, with a safe conduct of the Italian Supreme Command signed by General Pietro Badoglio, he was sent to Vienna as a member of the armistice commission. Upon returning from Austria, he was given command of the 5th Field Artillery Regiment and later of the Bra Artillery School. During the Second Italo-Ethiopian War he held the position of chief of staff of the II Army Cor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ettore Deltetto
Ettore Deltetto, also known as Ettore Del Tetto (21 April 1889 – 18 April 1945) was an Italian general during World War II. Biography After attending the Military Academy of Modena 1908 to 1911, he was assigned as a second lieutenant to the 9th Bersaglieri Regiment, fighting in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War of 1911–1912, being seriously wounded in action and earning a Silver and a Bronze Medal of Military Valor. At the outbreak of the First World War, with the rank of lieutenant, he was assigned to the 3rd Bersaglieri Battalion; by the end of the war he rose to the rank of major, in command of the 55th Bersaglieri Battalion. After a period as a teacher at the Army War School of Turin, on 10 October 1925 he was assigned to the staff of the military division of Alessandria. On 1 December 1926 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel, being then given command of the military district of Mondovì, which he held until 19 May 1927. On 22 May 1935 he was promoted to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Maria Capua Vetere
Santa Maria Capua Vetere ( nap, Santa Maria 'e Capua) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Caserta, part of the region of Campania (southern Italy). Though it is not connected with the ''Civitas Capuana'', the town is a medieval place and its proximity to the Roman amphitheatre led the inhabitants to change its name in Santa Maria Capua Vetere, where ''Capua Vetere'' means ''Old Capua''. History In the area several settlements of the Villanovan culture were present in pre-historical times, and these were probably enlarged by the Oscans and Etruscans. In the 4th century BCE ''Capuae'' was the largest city in Italy after Rome. The city was damaged by Vandal ravages but later recovered and became the seat of an independent Lombard principate. However, during the struggle of the succession to the Duchy of Benevento, it was destroyed by a band of Saracens in 841 CE. The survivors mostly fled and founded the modern Capua in the site of the ancient River port of ''Casilinum''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
9th Infantry Division "Pasubio"
The 9th Infantry Division Pasubio ( it, 9ª Divisione di fanteria "Pasubio") was an infantry Division (military), division of the Royal Italian Army during World War II. The Pasubio was classified as an auto-transportable division, meaning it had some motorized transport, but not enough to move the entire division at once. The division was formed as an infantry division in 1934, reorganized as auto-transportable division in 1939 and mobilized in August 1940. It was named for the battles on Pasubio during World War I. Its 79th Infantry Regiment and 8th Artillery Regiment were made up of men from Verona, while the ranks of the 80th Regiment were filled with men from Mantua. Its I CC.NN. Battalion "Sabauda" was made up of Blackshirt volunteers from Turin. History The division's lineage begins with the Brigade "Roma" established in Rome on 1 November 1884 with the 79th and 80th infantry regiments. World War I The brigade fought on the Italian front (World War I), Italian front in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
222nd Coastal Division (Italy)
The 222nd Coastal Division ( it, 222ª Divisione Costiera) was an infantry 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 The division was activated on 15 April 1942 in Naples by uniting the two coastal defense sectors "Salerno" and " Sapri". From April to December 1942 the division was assigned to XXX Army Corps, which then moved to Tunisia and was destroyed in the Tunisian Campaign. For the rest of its existence the division was assigned to XIX Army Corps. The division had its headquarter in Buccoli a subdivision of Battipaglia and was responsible for the coastal defense of the coast of southern Campania between the lighthouse of Capo d'Orso in Maiori and the mouth of the river Noce at Castrocucco. The division's area included the Gulf of Salerno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferrante Vincenzo Gonzaga
Ferrante Vincenzo Gonzaga, Marquess of Vescovato, Lombardy, Vescovato (Turin, 6 March 1889 – Eboli, 8 September 1943) was an Italian general during World War II. Biography Early life and career Prince Ferrante Vincenzo Gonzaga was born in 1889, the only son of Prince Maurizio Ferrante Gonzaga, Marquess of Vescovato, general in the Royal Italian Army during the First World War and awarded the victory title of Marquis of the Vodice in 1932. At the death of his father in 1938, Gonzaga inherited the titles of Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, Marquess of Vescovato, marquess of the Vodice, count of and Cassolnovo, lord of Vescovato and Venetian nobility, Venetian patrician. After graduating in engineering at the University of Turin, Gonzaga decided to pursue a military career; he participated as a junior officer in the Italo-Turkish War, fighting in Libya, and in the First World War. In 1926 he was assigned to the Command of the Rome Army Corps. In 1936, with the rank of colonel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gastone Gambara
Gastone Gambara (10 November 1890 – 27 February 1962) was an Italian General who participated in World War I and World War II. He excelled during the Italian intervention in favor of the nationalists in the Spanish Civil War. During World War II, he had an outstanding role in the North African Campaign and the repression of partisans in Yugoslavia. Born at Imola, he fought in World War I. He was the chief of staff to Bastico during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. In November 1938 he was appointed commander of the ''Corpo Truppe Volontarie'', the Italian Corps that fought in the Spanish Civil War. He was commander-in-chief of the ''Cuerpo de Ejercito Legionario'' during the Catalonia Offensive, and the final offensive of the Spanish Civil War. On 30 March his troops occupied Alicante. During the Second World War, he fought in France, Yugoslavia, and Libya. After the Kingdom of Italy joined the Allies, he became chief of the general staff to Graziani in the Republic of Salò. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ugo Santovito
Ugo Santovito (Manfredonia, 11 March 1882 – Meran, 22 January 1943) was an Italian general during World War II. Biography He entered the Military Academy of Modena on 30 October 1899, and graduated as second lieutenant of artillery on 2 August 1902. On 22 August 1904 was promoted to the rank of lieutenant and was assigned to the Coastal Artillery Brigade of Sardinia. In 1911–1912 he participated in the Italo-Turkish War, initially in the 9th Fortress Artillery Regiment and later in the 36th Field Artillery Regiment, earning a Silver Medal of Military Valor. He remained in Libya after the end of the war, countering local insurgency, and returned to Italy on November 17, 1913. Following the outbreak of the First World War he fought on the Asiago plateau with the rank of captain, initially in the 2nd Mountain Artillery Regiment and then in the 1st Mountain Artillery Regiment, earning a Bronze Medal of Military Valor. His artillery group was later transferred to the Dolomite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
