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The 11th Alpini Regiment ( it, 11° Reggimento Alpini) is an inactive
11th Alpini Regiment
** 
Alpini Battalion "Intra" (from the 4th Alpini Regiment)
** 
Alpini Battalion "Trento" (from the 
Alpini Battalion "Saluzzo" (from the
11th Alpini Regiment
** Alpini Battalion "Bolzano" (newly raised)
** Alpini Battalion "Trento"
** Alpini Battalion " Alpini Battalion " Val Fassa" (a valley to the North of Trento)
* Alpini Battalion "
11th Alpini Regiment, in Bruneck
** 
Command and Logistic Support Company, in Bruneck
** Alpini Battalion "Trento", in Bruneck
*** 94th Alpini Company
*** 144th Alpini Company
*** 145th Alpini Company
*** 1128th Mortar Company
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regiment
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of the Italian Army
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's mountain infantry speciality, the Alpini
The Alpini are the Italian Army's specialist mountain infantry. Part of the army's infantry corps, the speciality distinguished itself in combat during World War I and World War II. Currently the active Alpini units are organized in two operatio ...
, which distinguished itself in combat during World War I
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and World War II
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History
Formation
On 22 December 1935 the 11th Alpini Regiment was formed in the city of Bruneck with existing battalions from other Alpini regiments: * 11th Alpini Regiment
** Alpini Battalion "Intra" (from the 4th Alpini Regiment)
** Alpini Battalion "Trento" (from the 2nd Alpini Regiment
The 2nd Alpini Regiment ( it, 2° Reggimento Alpini) is a regiment of the Italian Army's mountain infantry speciality, the Alpini, which distinguished itself in combat during World War I and World War II. The regiment was disbanded in 1943 due t ...
)
** Alpini Battalion "Saluzzo" (from the 6th Alpini Regiment
The 6th Alpini Regiment ( it, 6° Reggimento Alpini) is a training regiment of the Italian Army's mountain infantry speciality, the Alpini, which distinguished itself in combat during World War I and World War II. The regiment is based in Bruneck ...
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On 1 January 1936 the regiment was subordinated to the newly created 5th Alpine Division "Pusteria" and sent with the division to Eritrea
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to fight in the Second Italo-Abyssinian War
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Ethiopia
For the war the Pusteria had been augmented by the "Exilles" and "Intra" battalions and four artillery batteries form the 1st Alpine Division "Taurinense". The Pusteria participated in all battles in the northern theater of the war and the 11th Alpini Regiment distinguished itself during the Battle of Amba Aradam, for which it received its firstBronze Medal of Military Valour
The Bronze Medal of Military Valor ( it, Medaglia di bronzo al valor militare) is an Italian medal for gallantry.
It was established by Charles Albert of Sardinia on 26 March 1833, along with the higher ranking Gold and Silver Medals for Military ...
. The division returned to the Italy in 1937 and was honored with a parade through the streets of Rome on 13 March 1937.
World War II
After its return the regiment was reorganized, returning two battalions to their original regiments. As replacement the regiment received an existing battalion and raised another one. Thus as of 11 April 1937 the new structure of the regiment was: * 11th Alpini Regiment
** Alpini Battalion "Bolzano" (newly raised)
** Alpini Battalion "Trento"
** Alpini Battalion "Bassano"
The 6th Alpini Regiment ( it, 6° Reggimento Alpini) is a training regiment of the Italian Army's mountain infantry speciality, the Alpini, which distinguished itself in combat during World War I and World War II. The regiment is based in Brunec ...
(from the 9th Alpini Regiment
The 9th Alpini Regiment ( it, 9° Reggimento Alpini) is a regiment of the Italian Army's mountain infantry speciality, the Alpini, which distinguished itself in combat during World War I and World War II. Based in the city of L'Aquila in Abruzzo t ...
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With the outbreak of World War II reserve battalions for the active battalions were formed. Named after valleys ( it, Val) located near Bolzano
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, Trento
Trento ( or ; Ladin and lmo, Trent; german: Trient ; cim, Tria; , ), also anglicized as Trent, is a city on the Adige River in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol in Italy. It is the capital of the autonomous province of Trento. In the 16th centu ...
, and Bassano the reserve battalions could be called up if necessary. The reserve battalions were:
* Alpini Battalion "Val Venosta
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" (a valley to the North of Bolzano)
* Alpini Battalion " Val Fassa" (a valley to the North of Trento)
* Alpini Battalion "Val Brenta
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" (a valley to the North of Bassano)
On 21 June 1940 (one day before the French surrender) the 5th Alpine Division "Pusteria" began to advance into southern France during the last days of the Battle of France
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Afterwards the 11th Alpini Regiment was sent to Albania, where it participated in the Italian attack on Greece. After the German invasion of Yugoslavia
The invasion of Yugoslavia, also known as the April War or Operation 25, or ''Projekt 25'' was a German-led attack on the Kingdom of Yugoslavia by the Axis powers which began on 6 April 1941 during World War II. The order for the invasion was p ...
the 5th Alpine Division "Pusteria" and its units were sent to Pljevlja
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, where the division was decimated in heavy fighting during the Battle of Pljevlja
The Battle of Pljevlja (1-2 December 1941), was a World War II attack in the Italian governorate of Montenegro by Yugoslav Partisans under the command of General Arso Jovanović and Colonel Bajo Sekulić, who led 4,000 Montenegrin Partisans agai ...
, first offensive by Yugoslavian Partisans
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In August 1942 the division was repatriated, and - after two months of rest - participated in Case Anton
Case Anton (german: link=no, Fall Anton) was the military occupation of France carried out by Germany and Italy in November 1942. It marked the end of the Vichy regime as a nominally-independent state and the disbanding of its army (the severel ...
- the Axis occupation of Vichy France
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. Afterwards the Pusteria took up garrison duties in southern Provence
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. After the announcement of the 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.
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on 8 September 1943 part of the division surrendered to German forces in Southern France, while other units of the division managed to return to the Italian region of Piedmont
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were they dissolved.
1990s
With the reintroduction of the regimental level in the Italian Army the regiment was reformed on 8 August 1992 in Bruneck as part of theAlpine Brigade "Tridentina"
The Alpine Brigade "Tridentina" was a light Infantry brigade of the Italian Army, specializing in mountain warfare. Its core units were Alpini, the mountain infantry corps of the Italian Army, that distinguished itself in combat during World War ...
. The regiment only consisted of the Alpini Battalion "Trento". Battalion and regiment were disbanded on 18 March 2002.
Structure
When the regiment was disbanded it had the following structure: * 11th Alpini Regiment, in Bruneck
** Command and Logistic Support Company, in Bruneck
** Alpini Battalion "Trento", in Bruneck
*** 94th Alpini Company
*** 144th Alpini Company
*** 145th Alpini Company
*** 1128th Mortar Company
References
Sources
* Franco dell'Uomo, Rodolfo Puletti: ''L'Esercito Italiano verso il 2000 - Volume Primo - Tomo I'', Rome 1998, Stato Maggiore dell'Esercito - Ufficio Storico, page: 498External links
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