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The Italian Liberation Corps (Italian: Corpo Italiano di Liberazione (CIL)) was a corps of the Italian Co-belligerent Army during the Italian campaign of World War II. After the announcement of the Armistice of Cassibile on 8 September 1943 the Italian government began the formation of units to fight on the allied side against Germany. On 18 ...
The Italian Liberation Corps suffered 1,868 killed and 5,187 wounded during the Italian campaign; [10] the Italian Auxiliary Divisions lost 744 men killed, 2,202 wounded and 109 missing. [11] Some sources estimate the overall number of members of the Italian regular forces killed on the Allied side as 5,927.
In March 1944 the grouping was expanded to the Italian Liberation Corps. [1] After the successful participation in the Battle of Ancona in July 1944 the Italian government proposed to expand the Italian forces. The Allies accepted and on 24 September 1944 the Italian Liberation Corps was used to form the first division-sized combat groups. [2]
The regiment was once more renamed and now designated 11th Motorized Artillery Regiment. In April 1944 the I Motorized Grouping joined the Italian Liberation Corps, whose II Brigade became the Combat Group "Legnano" in September 1944. The regiment joined the combat group, which was assigned to the II Polish Corps for the Italian campaign. [1]
The 184th Paratroopers Division "Nembo" (Italian: 184ª Divisione paracadutisti "Nembo") was an airborne division of the Royal Italian Army during World War II.After the Armistice of Cassibile the division joined the Italian Co-belligerent Army's Italian Liberation Corps and together with the Polish II Corps liberated Ancona in the Battle of Ancona.
The Corpo Volontari della Libertà (CVL, "Volunteers of Freedom Corps") was the unified command structure of the Italian Resistance during the Second World War, recognized both by the Allies and the "southern" Italian governments.
The 11th Army (Italian: 11ª Armata) was a World War II field army of the Royal Italian Army.It was formed in November 1940 for service in the Greco-Italian War, and after the German invasion of Greece and the capitulation of that country in April 1941, assumed occupation duties in the Greek mainland.
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