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The Italian Army of World War II was a "Royal" army.The nominal Commander-in-Chief of the Italian Royal Army was His Majesty King Vittorio Emanuele III.As Commander-in-Chief of all Italian armed forces, Vittorio Emanuele also commanded the Royal Air Force (Regia Aeronautica) and the Royal Navy (Regia Marina).
On 10 June 1940, the day Italy entered World War II, the regiment fielded 160 officers and 5,046 other ranks for a total strength of 5,206 men. The regiment had 23 horses, 1,242 mules and 109 transport vehicles at its disposal.
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.
With 1975 Italian Army reform the regimental level was abolished and battalions came under direct command of multi-arms brigades. At the same time the army reduced and realigned its forces and therefore the Taurinense saw some changes to its composition: the "Aosta" battalion was once more transferred to the Alpine Formation and Training Center, the Mountain Artillery Group "Susa" was renamed ...
7.2 Auto-transportable. ... This is a list of the World War II divisions of the Royal Italian Army of the Kingdom of Italy. Alpine Divisions
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
Brigades of Italy in World War II (5 P) D. ... (1 C, 26 P) F. Field armies of Italy in World War II (15 P) R. Regiments of Italy in World War II (22 P)
Pietro Secchia "Vineis", political commissar of the Garibaldi Brigades Luigi Longo "Italo", the general commander of the Garibaldi Brigades. On 20 September 1943 in Milano, the military committee of PCI was formed and in October it became in the general command of the Brigate d'assalto Garibaldi (Garibaldi Assault Brigades) under the leadership of Longo and Secchia.