The XXIV Army Corps ( it, XXIV 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 1916-1917, and in 1943.

History

There was a XXIV Corps in World War I, formed on 23 May 1916 and dissolved on 22 November 1917. On 1 March 1943, a new XXIV Corps was created in

Udine Udine ( , ; fur, Udin; la, Utinum) is a city and ''comune'' in north-eastern Italy, in the middle of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region, between the Adriatic Sea and the Alps (''Alpi Carniche''). Its population was 100,514 in 2012, 176,000 with t ...

from the remnants of the Italian Alpine Army Corps returning from Russia.
From 1 June it was operational around Udine in intense anti-guerrilla activities against Italian and Yugoslav partisans.
The XXIV Corps was disarmed by the Germans and dissolved on 11 September 1943, as a result 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. It was signed by Major General Walter Bedell Smith for the Allies and Brig ...

Composition (1943)

3rd Alpine Division "Julia" The 3rd Alpine Division "Julia" ( it, 3ª Divisione alpina "Julia") was a division of the Royal Italian Army during World War II, which specialized in mountain warfare. The Alpini that formed the divisions are a highly decorated, elite mountain c ...

52nd Infantry Division "Torino" The 52nd Infantry Division "Torino" ( it, 52ª Divisione di fanteria "Torino") was an infantry division of the Royal Italian Army during World War II. The Torino was named after the city of Turin ( it, Torino) and classified as an auto-transporta ...

* Alpine Marching Brigade * troops of the 11th Border Guard Sector

Commanders

Enrico Caviglia Enrico Caviglia (4 May 1862 – 22 March 1945) was a distinguished officer in the Italian Army. Victorious on the bloody battlefields of the Great War, he rose in time to the highest rank in his country, Marshal of Italy; he was also a Senato ...

(1917-1917) * Licurgo Zannini (1943.05.01 – 1943.09.11) generals.dk
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References

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