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The following is a list of Division and Brigade Commands of partisan formations which operated in the mountains of centre-north Italy in April 1945, classified by partisan and historian Roberto Battaglia. [13] There were: 46 Garibaldi formations; 33 GL (Giustizia e Libertà) 12 Matteotti; 4 Fiamme Verdi; 15 autonomous formations
The Military ranks of the Kingdom of Italy were the military insignia used by the Italian Armed Forces when Italy was the Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946). During the World Wars , the Carabinieri , as the then-most senior corps of the Army, wore similar insignia to those used by the rest of the service.
Black Brigades; Italian Army equipment in World War II; Italian Campaign (World War II), Allied operations in and around Italy, from 1943 to the end of the war in Europe; Italian war crimes; List of World War II battles; Royal Italian Army; Royal Italian Navy; Royal Italian Air Force; MVSN (Blackshirts) North African campaign timeline
The Brigate Garibaldi or Garibaldi Brigades were partisan units aligned with the Italian Communist Party active in the armed resistance against both German and Italian fascist forces during World War II. The Brigades were mostly made up of communists, but also included members of other parties of the National Liberation Committee (CLN), in ...
The L Special Brigade's command was activated on 12 November 1942 in Naples and flown to immediately to Tunisia, where it took command of the first Italian units to arrive. While the bulk of the Axis forces moved westwards to counter advancing allies units, the L Special Brigade moved to the South of the country to secure the left flank of ...
[29] [30] [l] On the Western Front of World War II, Italy was the most costly campaign in terms of casualties suffered by infantry forces of both sides, during bitter small-scale fighting around strongpoints at the Winter Line, the Anzio beachhead and the Gothic Line. [31]
List of Italian divisions in World War II. 2 languages. Italiano; ... This is a list of the World War II divisions of the Royal Italian Army of the Kingdom of Italy ...
The Alpine Brigade "Julia" is a light infantry brigade of the Italian Army, specializing in mountain warfare. Its core units are Alpini, an infantry corps of the Italian Army, that distinguished itself during World War I and World War II. The brigade carries on the name and traditions of the 3rd Alpine Division "Julia".