The I Army Corps ( it, I Corpo d'Armata) was a corps of the

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 Manfre ...

between 1877 and 1943.

History

the I Army Corps was based in

Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...

and participated in World War I.
Between 1935 and 1937, it was part of the Italian Army that fought the

Second Italo-Ethiopian War The Second Italo-Ethiopian War, also referred to as the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, was a war of aggression which was fought between Italy and Ethiopia from October 1935 to February 1937. In Ethiopia it is often referred to simply as the Itali ...

, which led to the

Italian occupation of Ethiopia Italian East Africa ( it, Africa Orientale Italiana, AOI) was an Italian colony in the Horn of Africa. It was formed in 1936 through the merger of Italian Somalia, Italian Eritrea, and the newly occupied Ethiopian Empire, conquered in the Secon ...

. In June 1940, it took part in the Italian invasion of France. It reached Bessans, Bramans, Modane, and

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. 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 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 ...

and on 11 November 1942, it entered French territory again. Starting from December, it took up coastal defense tasks between Cavater and

Cape Martin Cape Martin (french: Cap Martin) is a headland situated in the commune of Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Alpes-Maritimes ''département'', in southern France. It is situated on the Mediterranean Sea coast between Monaco and Menton. ''Cap-Martin'', an aff ...

. It remained here until September 1943, when it was disarmed by the Germans and dissolved after 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. It was signed by Major General Walter Bedell Smith for the Allies and Brig ...

Composition (1940-1943)

* 1st Infantry Division "Superga" (1940-1941) * 24th Infantry Division "Pinerolo" (1940) * 59th Infantry Division "Cagliari" (1940) * 223rd Coastal Division * 224th Coastal Division

Commanders

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 th ...

(1935.05 - 1936) *

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, Honora ...

(1940.04.09 – 1940.09.01) *

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 t ...

(1940.09.01 – 1942.03.01) *

Federico Romero Federico Romero Saráchaga (11 November 1886 – 30 June 1976) was a Spanish poet and essayist. He is particularly known as a writer of libretti, primarily for zarzuelas. Although he was born in Oviedo and lived at times in both Zaragoza and Ma ...

(1942.03.01 – 1943.09.08)generals.dk
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References

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