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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.
The best-selling album in the world by an Italian is Andrea Bocelli's Romanza, with over 20 million copies (800,000 in Italy). [2] The best selling foreign album in Italy is estimated to be True Blue by Madonna with 1.5 million copies. [3] [4]
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]
The regiment was once more renamed and now designated 11th Motorized Artillery Regiment. In April 1944 the I Motorized Grouping joined the Italian Liberation Corps, whose II Brigade became the Combat Group "Legnano" in September 1944. The regiment joined the combat group, which was assigned to the II Polish Corps for the Italian campaign. [1]
The XXV Corps was first established in Castelfranco Veneto on 23 May 1916, until its disbandment on 10 January 1920. [1]In March 1939, in preparation for the Italian invasion of Albania, the Tirana Overseas Expeditionary Corps (Corpo di Spedizione Oltre Mare Tirana, O.M.T.) was formed, comprising the 154th Infantry Division "Murge", four Bersaglieri regiments and a Grenadier regiment.
At the start of the participation of Italy in World War I (May 1915), the 3rd Army occupied the southern part of the Isonzo Front. It was commanded by Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta and consisted of the VI Corps (Lieutenant General Carlo Ruelle), VII Corps (Lieutenant General Vincenzo Garioni), XI Corps (Lieutenant General Giorgio ...