- Source: XXI Army Corps (Italy)
The Italian XXI Army Corps was a formation of the Italian army in World War II.
History
The Corps fought in Northern Africa and took part in the Western Desert Campaign and Tunisian campaign between 1940 and 1943.
It surrendered to the allies in Tunisia in May 1943, with the rest of Army Group Africa.
Composition
= in 1940
=61st Infantry Division Sirte
64th Infantry Division Catanzaro
2nd CC.NN. Division "28 Ottobre"
= in July 1941
=27th Infantry Division Brescia
17th Infantry Division Pavia
102nd Motorised Division Trento
= in May 1942
=132nd Armoured Division Ariete
101st Motorised Division Trieste
= in October 1942
=25th Infantry Division Bologna
102nd Motorised Division Trento
= in 1943
=80th Infantry Division La Spezia
16th Infantry Division Pistoia
Commanders
Gen. C.A. Mario Caracciolo di Feroleto (1 October 1937 – 1 December 1939)
Gen. C.A. Lorenzo Dalmazzo (1 December 1939 – 26 September 1940)
Gen. D. Carlo Spatocco (26 September – 20 December 1940)
Gen. D. Enea Navarini (1 August 1941 – 14 October 1942)
Gen. D. Alessandro Gloria (interim : 14–26 October 1942)
Gen. C.A. Enea Navarini (26 October 1942 – 21 February 1943)
Gen. C.A. Paolo Berardi (21 February – 12 May 1943)
Sources
Regio Esercito
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Perang Dunia I
- XXI Army Corps (Italy)
- Panzer Army Africa
- XXI Corps (United States)
- XXX Army Corps (Italy)
- XX Army Corps (Italy)
- III Army Corps (Italy)
- List of British corps in the First World War
- II Corps (United States)
- 10th Army (Italy)
- V Army Corps (Italy)
