Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
After French soldiers had occupied Turin at the end of the 18th century and later abandoned it to the Kingdom of Sardinia, the Royal Carabinieri Corps was instituted under the Royal Patents of 13 July 1814. [9] The name is derived from the French word carabinier, meaning "soldier armed with a carbine." [10]
In 1870, "Royal Guards Companies of the Palace" (Compagnie Guardie Reali del Palazzo) - which were Army units - were disbanded and the "Carabinieri Guards Squadron of HM the King" (Squadrone Carabinieri Guardie del Re), also known as "Cuirassiers Squadron" (Squadrone Corazzieri), with the task to protect the Royal family, were placed on ...
On 16 August 1861, the Royal Carabinieri Corps of Sardinia was disbanded and its personnel formed the 3rd Carabinieri Legion, which on 28 July 1867 was renamed Carabinieri Legion of Cagliari. In 1909, the Carabinieri Legion of Cagliari was assigned the traditions of the Regiment "Cavalleggeri di Sardegna". [4] [5]
Papal States Carabinieri indigeni formed from Italian recruits, and Carabinieri esteri formed from foreign recruits [10] Kingdom of Italy under Viceroy Eugène de Beauharnais (1805–1814) had Velites Carabiniers of the Guard. [11] One of the three light infantry battalions of the reorganised Royal Spanish Army in 1812 was called Carabiniers. [12]
In the Second World War, it engaged the Royal Navy in a two-and-a-half-year struggle for the control of the Mediterranean Sea. After the war, the new Marina Militare, being a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), has taken part in many coalition peacekeeping operations. It is a blue-water navy.
The history of Carabinieri Paratroopers dates back to World War II.On 5 June 1940, the Chief of Staff of the Italian Royal Army, then Army General Mario Roatta, requested the Commandant General of the Royal Carabinieri, at the time Lieutenant General Riccardo Moizo, to establish a Royal Carabinieri Paratroopers Battalion, approving an earlier request of General Moizo.
The 356th Celere Section of the Royal Carabinieri (Italian: 356ª Sezione Celere CC.RR.) was an Italian Royal Carabinieri military police unit during World War II.The unit served within the 3rd Cavalry Division "Principe Amedeo Duca d'Aosta" on the Eastern Front [1] for the whole duration of the campaign.
The Carabinieri Mobile Units Division (Italian: Divisione Unità Mobili Carabinieri) is the Carabinieri formation, established in 2001, dedicated to the performance of military duties abroad, the military police tasks when abroad, the support to Territorial Organization, the participation in civil protection operations and to ensure the emergency reserve for the General Command.