The VI Corps ( it, VI 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 ...
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 ...
that participated in the
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 ...
.
After the capitulation of Yugoslavia, the VI Army Corps was relocated to Dalmatia and Croatia. Here they occupied the
Governorate of Dalmatia
The Governorate of Dalmatia ( it, Governatorato di Dalmazia) was a territory divided into three provinces of Italy during the Italian Kingdom and Italian Empire epoch. It was created later as an entity in April 1941 at the start of World War I ...
and the Italian influence zone in the
Independent State of Croatia
The Independent State of Croatia ( sh, Nezavisna Država Hrvatska, NDH; german: Unabhängiger Staat Kroatien; it, Stato indipendente di Croazia) was a World War II-era puppet state of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy (1922–1943), Fascist It ...
. Units of the Corps took part from 9 October to 9 November 1941 in a vast anti-partisan action on the Serbo-Croatian border.
Regio Esercito
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Commanders
* General Luigi Capello
Luigi Capello (14 April 1859, in Intra – 25 June 1941, in Rome) was an Italian general, distinguished in both the Italo-Turkish War (1911–12) and World War I.
During the Italo-Turkish War he served in Cyrenaica and took part in operations ...
(1915-1916)
* General Stefano Lombardi (1917.09.23 - 1919.01.21)
* Army Corps General Ezio Rosi
Ezio Rosi (Vicenza, 19 March 1881 – Bologna, 5 January 1963) was an Italian general during World War II. He commanded the Sixth Army from 1941 to 1943, and after a brief period as Army Chief of Staff, he assumed command of Army Group East ...
(1940.06.10 - 1940.11.08)
* Army Corps General Renzo Dalmazzo
Lorenzo "Renzo" Dalmazzo was an Italian lieutenant general and corps and army commander during World War II.
Military career
On 3 June 1918, he received the Knight's Military Order of Italy (5th Class).
He served in the colony of Italian Somalil ...
(1940.11.09 – 1942.10.01)
* Army Corps General 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 ...
(1942.09.24 – 1943.01.04)
* Army Corps General Paride Negri
Paride Negri (2 September 1883 – 8 April 1954) was an Italian general during World War II.
Biography
He was born in Perugia on 2 September 1883, the son of Pietro Negri. In 1900 he entered the Royal Academy of Artillery and Engineers in Tu ...
(1943.01.05 – 1943.02.28)
* Army Corps General Alessandro Piazzoni
Alessandro Piazzoni, also known as Sandro Piazzoni (Rome, 2 May 1885 – Brescia, 14 May 1971) was an Italian general during World War II.
Biography
Born into a noble Roman family, the son of Ernesto Piazzoni, he enlisted in the Royal Itali ...
(1943.03.01 – 1943.09.12)
Notes
References
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{{Large formations of Italy in World War II
Army corps of Italy in World War II