The Motorized Corps( it, Corpo d'armata autotrasportabile) 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 ...
during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
which existed between
June 1939 and May 1942.
History
On 1 June 1939, the Corpo d'armata autotrasportabile is formed in
Cremona
Cremona (, also ; ; lmo, label= Cremunés, Cremùna; egl, Carmona) is a city and ''comune'' in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po river in the middle of the ''Pianura Padana'' ( Po Valley). It is the capital of th ...
under the command of Major General
Remo Gambelli
Remo Gambelli (Bologna, 23 February 1880 – Canale Monterano, 2 August 1976) was an Italian general during World War II, Commander-General of the Carabinieri from August 1940 to February 1943.
Biography
He was born in Bologna in 1880 and ...
. On 1 December 1939 the command was assumed by Major General
Francesco Zingales
Francesco Zingales (1884-1959) was a general in the Royal Italian Army during World War II.
Biography
Francesco Zingales fought in World War I on the Isonzo Front.
In 1939 he had become commander of the 10th Motorised Division Piave, but saw no ...
.
At the start of World War II, the Corps became part of the
6th Army and is based in
Vicenza
Vicenza ( , ; ) is a city in northeastern Italy. It is in the Veneto region at the northern base of the ''Monte Berico'', where it straddles the Bacchiglione River. Vicenza is approximately west of Venice and east of Milan.
Vicenza is a th ...
.
The Corps participated in the Axis
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 ...
in April 1941 and conquered
Sibenik,
Split
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Places
* Split, Croatia, the largest coastal city in Croatia
* Split Island, Canada, an island in the Hudson Bay
* Split Island, Falkland Islands
* Split Island, Fiji, better known as Hạfliua
Arts, enterta ...
,
Dubrovnik
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and
Trebinje
Trebinje ( sr-Cyrl, Требиње, ) is a city and municipality located in the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the southernmost city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and is situated on the banks of Trebišnjica river in the re ...
.
In early May 1942 it is repatriated to Italy and is reformed into the
Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia
During World War II, the Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia (''Corpo di Spedizione Italiano in Russia'', or CSIR) was a corps-sized expeditionary unit of the ''Regio Esercito'' (Italian Army) that fought on the Eastern Front. In July 1942 the ...
.
Region Esercito
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References
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{{Large formations of Italy in World War II
Army corps of Italy in World War II