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This article is about the Italian Royal Army ( Regio Esercito) which participated in World War II . The Italian Royal Army was reformed in 1861 and lasted until 1946. The Royal Army started with the unification of Italy ( Risorgimento) and the formation of the Kingdom of Italy ( Regno d'Italia ). It ended with the dissolution of the monarchy.
18 nov 2009 · The Italian Campaign, from July 10, 1943, to May 2, 1945, was a series of Allied beach landings and land battles from Sicily and southern Italy up the Italian mainland toward Nazi Germany during ...
Active units. Italian Infantry units are named for regions and cities. However the 5th, 13th, 17th, 20th, 21st, 60th, 66th, 67th, 87th, 114th, 120th, and 151st infantry battalions are named for battles, while the 52nd is named for the Alps and the 1st carries the name of Saint Justus of Trieste .
Royal Italian Army. In 1940 the Italian army had a strength of 1,630,000 men grouped in 73 divisions. These included 59 infantry divisions, six Alpini divisions, three Celere divisions (cavalry), three armoured divisions plus various Frontier Guard units and coastal divisions. Italy's army suffered mainly from inadequate equipment and ...
12 dic 2011 · During the battle of Alam El Hafla, the Italian Airborne Division Folgore (185.a Divisione Paracadutisti “Folgore”) had been positioned to guard the left flank of the German 90th Light Division and the Ramcke Brigade and was successful in driving off an attack by New Zealand Infantry during a fierce encounter between the 3rd and 4th of ...
17th Semi-Motorized Division. 25th Semi-Motorized Division. 27th Semi-Motorized Division
Italian German annexed by Bulgaria. The Italian zone was taken over by the Germans in September 1943. On 28 October 1940, Italy started the Greco-Italian War by launching an invasion of the Kingdom of Greece from Albania. In part, the Italians attacked Greece because of the growing influence of Germany in the Balkans.
