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Soldiers of the Royal Corps of Colonial Troops deployed in front of Forte Capuzzo, in Italian Libya. The Royal Corps of Colonial Troops (Italian: Regio Corpo Truppe Coloniali or RCTC) was a corps of the Royal Italian Army, in which all the Italian colonial troops were grouped until the end of World War II in North Africa campaign.
The Italian Army of World War II was a "Royal" army.The nominal Commander-in-Chief of the Italian Royal Army was His Majesty King Vittorio Emanuele III.As Commander-in-Chief of all Italian armed forces, Vittorio Emanuele also commanded the Royal Air Force (Regia Aeronautica) and the Royal Navy (Regia Marina).
The black uniforms of Mussolini's militia, the Camicie Nere, is another symbolic army uniform in Italian history. [4] Il Duce based these black uniforms on the uniforms of the Arditi, a special unit of the Italian Royal Army that fought in the First World War. [5] During the World Wars, uniforms were prepared and manufactured in military factories.
Moreover, the Colonial troops, until they cracked at the very end, fought with valour and resolution, and their staunchness was a testimony to the excellence of the Italian administration and military training in Eritrea [4] The Italian Army made extensive use of locally recruited indigenous soldiers in Italian East Africa. These troops ...
During World War II, Italy regularly mounted cannons on portee trucks. Also, permanent installation of guns on trucks and armored cars were done on ad-hoc basis, therefore many self-propelled guns had no official name besides descriptive type of truck plus type of cannon. Below is the grossly incomplete list of these self-propelled weapons.
Uniforms of the German Army (1935–1945) Ranks and insignia of the German Army (1935–1945) Uniforms of the Luftwaffe (1935–1945) Ranks and insignia of the Luftwaffe (1935–1945) Uniforms and insignia of the Kriegsmarine. Awards and decorations of the Kriegsmarine; Nazi party paramilitary ranks. Ranks and insignia of the Nazi Party
For their conduct during the Western Desert campaign the President of Italy awarded the units of the 132nd Armored Division "Ariete" Italy's highest military honour, the Gold Medal of Military Valor. The 8th Bersaglieri Regiment, which was the only remaining unit of the division after the Second Battle of El Alamein was awarded a second Gold ...
The Corps fought in Northern Africa and took part in the Western Desert Campaign and Tunisian campaign between 1940 and 1943. It surrendered to the allies in Tunisia in May 1943, with the rest of Army Group Africa.