The 3rd Alpine Group was a

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of the Royal Italian Army manned by Alpini troops that participated in the

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invasion of Yugoslavia 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 opposing ...

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* {{cite web , url = http://www.cgsc.edu/CARL/nafziger/941IDAC.PDF , title = Italian 2nd & 9th Army – Invasion of Yugoslavia – 5 April 1941 , access-date = 20 July 2013 , publisher = Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library , year = 1997 , last = Nafziger , first = George , archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140322013415/http://www.cgsc.edu/CARL/nafziger/941IDAC.PDF , archive-date = 2014-03-22 , url-status = dead Military units and formations of Italy in World War II Military units and formations of Italy in Yugoslavia in World War II