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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]
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 ...
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 regiment was assigned, together with the 4th Bersaglieri Regiment, to the I Brigade of the Italian Liberation Corps. [6] [8] On 24 September 1944, the Italian Liberation Corps and 4th Bersaglieri Regiment were disbanded, while on 30 September 1944, the 3rd Alpini Regiment was reorganized as Special Infantry Regiment "Legnano". At the same ...
Together with the Italian First Army and the Italian Seventh Army (kept in reserve), the 4th Army attacked French forces during the Italian invasion of France. After the Franco-Italian Armistice , the 4th Army occupied a small zone of France, which was enlarged in November 1942, when during Case Anton the Italians occupied all of southeastern ...
However the air assault was cancelled and, in September 1944, when the Italian Liberation Corps was disbanded and its personnel used to create two division-sized combat groups, the CLXXXV Paratroopers Battalion "Nembo" was disbanded and its personnel assigned to the Paratroopers Regiment "Nembo" of the Combat Group "Folgore". The Combat Group ...