Related Research Articles
The 1st Army was a Royal Italian Army field army, in World War I, facing Austro-Hungarian and German forces, and in World War II, fighting on the North African front.
The Battle of Vittorio Veneto was fought from 24 October to 3 November 1918 near Vittorio Veneto on the Italian Front during World War I. After having thoroughly defeated Austro-Hungarian troops during the defensive Battle of the Piave River, the Italian army launched a great counter-offensive: the Italian victory marked the end of the war on the Italian Front, secured the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and contributed to the end of the First World War just one week later. The battle led to the capture of over 5,000 artillery pieces and over 350,000 Austro-Hungarian troops, including 120,000 Germans, 83,000 Czechs and Slovaks, 60,000 South Slavs, 40,000 Poles, several tens of thousands of Romanians and Ukrainians, and 7,000 Austro-Hungarian loyalist Italians and Friulians.
Ubaldo Soddu was an Italian general and politician who held the position of Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army and Undersecretary of State for War during the initial phases of World War II. On 13 June 1940, immediately after the outbreak of hostilities with France and the United Kingdom, he assumed the position of deputy chief of the General Staff. Promoted to army general, he replaced general Sebastiano Visconti Prasca as commander of the Albanian Higher Troop Command during the Greco-Italian War on 8 November 1940. Because of the defeat Italian troops suffered between 22 and 23 November 1940, he was replaced after four weeks in command by the Italian Royal Army's chief of staff, General Ugo Cavallero.
The Alpini Paratroopers Battalion "Monte Cervino" is a Special Forces unit of the Italian Army. The battalion belongs to the Italian Army's Alpini infantry speciality and is assigned to the 4th Alpini Paratroopers Regiment. In November 1915, the Royal Italian Army's 4th Alpini Regiment formed the Alpini Battalion "Monte Cervino", which served during World War I on the Italian front. For its conduct and valor during the war the battalion, which was disbanded in 1919, was awarded a Silver Medal of Military Valor.
The 15th Alpini Regiment is an inactive mountain warfare regiment of the Italian Army last based in Chiusaforte in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. The regiment belongs to the Italian Army's Alpini infantry speciality and was assigned to the Alpine Brigade "Julia". The regiment was formed in 1992 and consisted of the Alpini Battalion "Cividale", whose flag and traditions it inherited. The regiment's anniversary falls on 5 January 1943, the day of the Battle of Novaya Kalitva in the Soviet Union.
Gaetano Giardino was an Italian soldier that rose to the rank of Marshal of Italy and Italian Representative to the Allied War Council during World War I.
The 2nd Army was a World War I and World War II field army of the Royal Italian Army.
The 9th Army was a World War I and World War II field army of the Royal Italian Army.
The 7th Army was a World War I and World War II field army of the Royal Italian Army.
The Army of the Po, numbered the Sixth Army, was a field army of the Royal Italian Army during World War II (1939–45).
Mario Nicolis di Robilant was an Italian general of the Kingdom of Italy who actively participated in the World War I, mostly at the head of the Italian Fourth Army that won the first and second battles of the Piave.
The 5th Army was a World War I and World War II field army of the Royal Italian Army.
Mario Arisio was an Italian general who served in the Italo-Turkish War, World War I, the Second Italo-Ethiopian War and World War II.
The Italian XXII Army Corps was a formation of the Italian army in World War II.
Roberto Olmi was an Italian general during World War II.
Mario Girotti was an Italian Alpini general during World War II.
Alfonso Ollearo was an Italian general during World War II. He was State Undersecretary for the Army of the Italian Social Republic from December 1943 to June 1944.
Amedeo De Cia was an Italian general during World War II.
Alberto De Agazio was an Italian general during World War II.
The Alpini Battalion "Val Cismon" is an inactive mountain warfare battalion of the Italian Army based last in San Stefano di Cadore in Veneto. The battalion belongs to the Italian Army's Alpini infantry speciality and was assigned to the Alpine Brigade "Cadore". In 1915, the Royal Italian Army's 7th Alpini Regiment formed the Alpini Battalion "Val Cismon", which fought in World War I in the alpine areas of the Italian front. The battalion was disbanded in 1919.
References
 | This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations .(January 2016) |