The XVII Army Corps ( it, XVII Corpo d'Armata) was an
army corps
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of the
Royal Italian Army during
World War II
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.
History
On 11 November 1938 the Armored Corps (Corpo d'Armata Corazzato) was created in
Mantua
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, with the motorized divisions "Po", "Trento" and the I and II Armored Brigades.
On 1 March 1941, the Armored Corps ( it, Corpo d'Armata Corazzato) was part of the reserve
Army of the Po The Army of the Po (Italian ''Armata del Po''), numbered the Sixth Army (''6a Armata''), was a field army of the Royal Italian Army (''Regio Esercito'') during World War II (1939–45).
History
When it was initially formed on 10 November 1938 und ...
, renamed XVII Army Corps and transferred to
Albania
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on 4 April, in anticipation of operations against Yugoslavia.
It then participated in the
invasion of Yugoslavia (6–18 April 1941), where it conquered
Dubrovnik
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,
Podgorica
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and
Trebinje
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.
After returning to Italy on 16 June 1941, the Corps assumed responsibility for the territorial defense of
Lazio
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, from the borders of Tuscany to the mouth of the Garigliano river. It remained here until the
Armistice of Cassibile in September 1943, when it was disarmed by the Germans in
Velletri
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and dissolved on 9 September.
Commanders
* Armored Corps
**
Fidenzio Dall'Ora (11.11.1938 – 25.07.1940)
**
Giuseppe Pafundi (25.07.1940 - 01.03.1941)
* XVII Army Corps
**
Giuseppe Pafundi (01.03.1941 - 01.05.1941)
**
Vittorio Sogno (02.05.1941 - 02.11.1941)
**
Alberto Barbieri (03.11.1941 - 14.07.1943)
**
Giovanni Zanghieri (15.07.1943 - 09.09.1943)
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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