Italian Army in Russia

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activeDuring gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:alliedWith gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:ARMIR
gptkb:Italian_8th_Army
gptkbp:casualties over 114,000 killed, wounded, or missing
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Italo_Gariboldi
gptkbp:composedOf infantry divisions
cavalry divisions
Alpini divisions
gptkbp:country gptkb:Italy
gptkbp:disbanded 1943
gptkbp:formed 1942
gptkbp:foughtIn gptkb:Battle_of_Stalingrad
gptkb:Eastern_Front
gptkb:Operation_Little_Saturn
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Italian Army in Russia
gptkbp:notableEvent encirclement during Operation Little Saturn
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Littorio_Armored_Division
gptkb:Pasubio_Infantry_Division
gptkb:Ravenna_Infantry_Division
gptkb:Torino_Infantry_Division
gptkb:Vicenza_Infantry_Division
Sforzesca Infantry Division
Cuneense Alpini Division
Julia Alpini Division
Principe Amedeo Duca d'Aosta Cavalry Division
Tridentina Alpini Division
gptkbp:notableRetreat Alpini retreat, January 1943
gptkbp:notableSurvivor gptkb:General_Emilio_Battisti
gptkb:General_Gabriele_Nasci
gptkb:General_Giovanni_Messe
General Umberto Ricagno
General Enrico Gazzale
General Ettore De Blasio
General Luigi Reverberi
General Mario Carloni
gptkbp:notableUnit 3rd Fast Division (Celere)
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Soviet_Red_Army
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Corpo_di_Spedizione_Italiano_in_Russia_(CSIR)
gptkbp:purpose support German Army Group B
gptkbp:retreatedFrom gptkb:Don_River
gptkbp:retreatedTo gptkb:Ukraine
gptkbp:size about 235,000 soldiers
gptkbp:sufferedHeavyLosses yes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:ARMIR
gptkb:Armata_Italiana_in_Russia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6