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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.
Italian Army Service Units in Italy were disbanded on July 1, 1945. [8] [9] Many other Italians joined the Italian Co-belligerent Army (Esercito Cobelligerante Italiano), a Combat Army of the allies. Some Italian allies units were called the Army of the South (Esercito del Sud), or Italian Liberation Corps (Corpo Italiano di Liberazione). [10 ...
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]
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"Bella ciao" (Italian pronunciation: [ˈbɛlla ˈtʃaːo]; "Goodbye beautiful") is an Italian song dedicated to the partisans of the Italian resistance, who fought against the occupying troops of Germany and the collaborationist Fascist forces during the liberation of Italy.
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