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Italian Invasion of France, 1940

  
Army Group West (H.R.H. Umberto di Savoia, Prince of Piemont)
  Army Group Assets:
  61st Air Force Sqn (recon)
   
  1st Army (Gen.Pietro Pintor)
  Army Assets:
  4th AA Arty Rgt
  2nd Army Arty Group
  4th Army Arty Group
  7th Army Arty Group
  8th Army Arty Group
  1st Signal Bn
  2nd Cableways Bn
  2nd Miners (Mountain Eng) Bn
  5th Miners Bn
  69th Air Force Sqn (recon)

  Army Reserves :
  7th Infantry Division "Lupi di Toscana" (Gen.Ottavio Priore)
  16th Infantry Division "Pistoia" (Gen. MarioPriore)
  22nd Infantry Division "Cacciatori delle Alpi" (Gen. Dante Lorenzelli)
  5th Alpini Division (Gen. Amedeo de Cia)
  "Celere" (fast - motor) Group
  1st Bersaglieri Rgt
  3rd Tanks Rgt
  "Cavalleggeri di Monferrato" Cav. Rgt
   
  2nd Corps (Gen. Francesco Bettini)
  4th Infantry Division (Mountain) "Livorno" (Gen. Benvenuto Gioda)
  33rd Infantry Division (Mountain) "Acqui" (Gen. Francesco Sartoris)
  36th Infantry Division (Mountain) "Forli' " (Gen. Giulio Perugi)
  4th Alpini Division "Cuneense" (Gen.Alberto Ferrero)

  Corps Assets :
  3rd Guardia alla Frontiera (Frontier Guards) Sector


  2nd Corps Arty Group
  2nd Eng Group
  7th Guardia alla Frontiera Arty Group
  14th Guardia alla Frontiera Arty Group
  22nd Guardia alla Frontiera Arty Group
  "Valle Stura" Alpini Bn
  "Val Maira" Alpini Bn
  6th MMG Bn
  102nd MMG Bn
  109th Positional MMG Bn
  114th Positional MMG Bn
  5th "Artieri" (Construction Eng) Bn
  2nd Tank coy
  84th Telegraph Coy
  152nd Workers Coy
  1st Chemical Coy
  72nd Searchlights Section
  6th Mobile Pingeon-Messengers Unit
   
  3rd Corps (Gen. Mario Arisio)
  3rd Infantry Division "Ravenna" (Gen. Edoardo Nebbia)
  6th Infantry Division "Cuneo" (Gen.  Gen.Carlo Melotti)
  Corps Assets :
  2nd Guardia alla Frontiera Sector
  3rd Corps Arty Group
  3rd Eng Group
  16th Guardia alla Frontiera Arty Group
  "Val Venosta" Alpini Bn
  3rd MMG Bn
  103rd MMG Bn
  112th Positional MMG Bn
  10th "Artieri" (Construction Eng) Bn
  7th Telegraph Coy
  72nd Telegraph Coy
  3rd Blackshirts Bn
  4th Blackshirts Bn
  8th Mobile Pingeon-Messengers Unit
   
  15th Corps (Gen.Gastone Gambara)
  5th Infantry Division "Cosseria" (Gen. Alberto Vassari)
  37th Infantry Division (Mountain) "Modena" (Gen. Alessandro Gloria)
  44th Infantry Division "Cremona" (Gen. Umberto Mondino)
  Alpini Group (4 x Alpini Bns - 2 x Alpini ARty Bns
- 1 x Blackshirts  Bn)
  Corps Assets :
  1st Guardia alla Frontiera Sector
  5th Guardia alla Frontiera Sector
  15th Corps Arty Group
  11th Guardia alla Frontiera Arty Group
  24th Guardia alla Frontiera Arty Group
  15th MMG Bn
  108th Positional MMG Bn
  111th Positional MMG Bn
  9th "Artieri" (Construction Eng) Bn
  71st Telegraph Coy
  76th Telegraph Coy
  100th Radio Coy
  33rd Blackshirts Bn
  34th Blackshirts Bn
   
  4th Army (Gen. Alfredo Guzzoni)
  Army Assets :
  1st AA Arty Rgt
  1st Army Arty Group
  6th Army Arty Group
  9th Army Arty Group
  5th Eng Group
  1st Miners Bn
  3rd Miners Bn
  5th Air Force Sqn (recon)
  2nd Telegraph Coy
  129th Radio Coy
  Army Reserves :
  11th Infantry Division "Brennero" (Gen. ArnaldoForgiero)
  58th Infantry Division "Legnano" (Gen. Edoardo Scala)
  2nd Alpini DIvision "Tridentina" (Gen. Ugo Santovito)
  "Celere" Group
  4th Bersaglieri Rgt
  1st Tank Rgt
  "Nizza Cavalleria" Cav.Rgt
   
  1st Corps (Gen. Carlo Vecchiarelli)
  1st Infantry Division (Mountain) "Superga" (Gen. Curio Barbasetti di   Prun)
  24th Infantry Division "Pinerolo" (Gen. Giuseppe de Stefanis)
  59th Infantry Division (Mountain) "Cagliari" (Gen. Antonio Scuero)
  Corps Assets :
  8th Guardia alla Frontiera Sector
  9th Guardia alla Frontiera Sector
  1st Corps Arty Group
  19th Guardia alla Frontiera Arty Group
  23rd Guardia alla Frontiera Arty Group
  "Susa" Alpini Bn
  "Val Cenischia" Alpini Bn
  3rd Alpini Group (3 bns)
  1st MMG Bn
  101st MMG Bn
  113th Positional MMG Bn
  11th "Artieri" (Construction Eng) Bn
  78th Telegraph Coy
  83rd Telegraph Coy
  96th Radio Coy
  11th Blackshirts Bn
  3rd Mobile Pingeon-Messengers Unit
   
  4th Corps (gen.Camillo Mercalli)
  2nd Infantry Division (Mountain) "Sforzesca (Gen. Alfonso Ollearo)
  26th Infantry Division (Mountain) "Assietta" (Gen. Emanuele
  Girlando)
  .       Corps Assets :
  7th Guardia alla Frontiera Sector
  4th Corps Arty Group
  8th Guardia alla Frontiera Arty Group
  4th MMG Bn
  104th Positional MMG Bn
  1st "Artieri" (Construction Eng) Bn
  73rd Telegraph Coy
  92nd Telegraph Coy
  98th Radio Coy
  11th Mobile Pingeon-Messengers Unit
   
  Alpini Corps (Gen. Luigi Negri)
  1st Alpini Division "Taurineense" (Gen. Paolo Micheletti)
  Alpini Group "Levanna"
  3rd Alpini Rgt
  Corps Assets :
  10th Guardia alla Frontiera Sector
  12th Guardia alla Frontiera Arty Group
  103rd Positional MMG Bn
  110th Positional MMG Bn
  Alpini Bn "Duca d'Aosta"
  Alpini ski unit "Monte Bianco"
  Alpini "Arditi" (Assault Troops) Unit
  13th Blackshirts Bn






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