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The Italian Corpo Aeronautico Militare (Military Aviation Corps) was formed as part of the Regio Esercito (Royal Army) on 7 January 1915, incorporating the Aviators Flights Battalion (airplanes), the Specialists Battalion (airships) and the Ballonists Battalion. Prior to World War I, Italy had pioneered military aviation in the Italo-Turkish ...
British Army. Il British Army ( Esercito britannico) è la componente terrestre delle forze armate britanniche. Nacque nel 1707 con l'unificazione dei governi e delle forze armate di Inghilterra e Scozia nel Regno Unito di Gran Bretagna, incorporando reggimenti preesistenti dei due regni e quindi posto sotto il controllo del War Office di Londra .
The Army of Italy contains levels of ranks showing both their officers' status and seniority as dedicated members of the Italian militia. Although altered throughout history, the current ranks stand as the lowest rank being "soldato semplice" and the highest rank being "generale". There are a total of 32 ranks in seven categories.
On paper, the Royal Italian Army was one of the largest ground forces in World War II, though in reality it could not field the numbers claimed.Italian 'medium' M11, M13, M14 and M15 tanks were at a marked disadvantage against the comparatively heavily armed American Sherman tanks, for example.
The Royal Albanian Army ( Albanian: Ushtria Mbretërore Shqiptare) was the army of the Albanian Kingdom and King Zog I of the Albanians from 1928 until 1939. Its commander-in-chief was King Zog; its commander was General Xhemal Aranitasi; its Chief of Staff was General Gustav von Myrdacz. The army was mainly financed by Italy from 1936 to 1939.
The Italian front along the Don was broken by Soviet armoured and mechanized forces on 16 December 1942, but as the Soviet forces turned South towards Rostov-on-Don on the Black Sea to cut off the German Army Group A fighting in the Caucasus and the German 4th Panzer Army, which was in the midst of Operation Wintergewitter — the attempt to relieve the 6th Army in Stalingrad — the Italian ...
First Marshal of the Empire – supreme commander of the Italian Royal Army, Air Force, Navy and the Voluntary Militia for National Security from 1938 to 1943 during the Fascist era, held by both Victor Emmanuel III and Benito Mussolini; Regio Esercito (Royal Italian Army) Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) Regia Aeronautica (Royal Italian Air ...