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For its contributions during the First World War, the Corps was awarded its first Gold Medal of Military Valor. In World War II, Carabinieri fought in the following battles: [22] Battle of Klisoura on the Greek-Albanian front from 16 to 30 December 1940 Bronze Medal of Military Valor; Battle at Cafe Struga on the Albanian-Yugoslav front on 18 ...
The Carabinieri of Fiesole were three Italian soldiers who were killed by Nazis on August 12, 1944. [1] On August 11, the three Carabinieri - Alberto La Rocca, Vittorio Marandola and Fulvio Sbarretti (with their commanding officer Francesco Naclerio [2] received orders to leave their barracks in Fiesole, so to be able to collaborate in the liberation of the nearby city of Florence from German ...
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.
In the immediate aftermaths of World War II, both police and Carabinieri were strictly prohibited by armistice clauses to have hand grenades, machine guns, rifles and even handguns. [13] pp. 63–64 Ferruccio Parri, Prime Minister in 1945, supported the reinforcement of the Carabinieri in order to enable them to counter threats to public order.
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.
After the war, having been promoted to division general for war merits, from July 1946 he commanded the 2nd Carabinieri Division "Podgora", and from April 1949 he was placed at the disposal of the Ministry of Defense for special assignments. He was placed on absolute leave in April 1957 and received the status of disabled veteran due to ...
The Carabinieri is a corp of Gendarmerie with both (civil and military) law-and-order police duties, military police, and military peacekeeping and war-fighting capabilities. The Carabinieri has its own special forces in the form of the Gruppo di Intervento Speciale or the Special Intervention Group.
Salvo D'Acquisto MOVM (15 October [1] 1920 – 23 September 1943) [2] was a member of the Italian Carabinieri during the Second World War. After Italy surrendered in September 1943 to the Allies, the Germans occupied most of the country.