2ª Armata 2nd Army | |
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Active | 1915-1945 |
Country | Kingdom of Italy |
Branch | Royal Italian Army |
Type | Infantry |
Role | Field army |
Size | Army |
Engagements |
World War I World War II |
The 2nd Army ( Italian: 2ª Armata) was a World War I and World War II field army of the Royal Italian Army. [1]
During World War II the 2nd Army was the Italian (Complex Major) Great Unit charged, from 1940 to 1943, of the activities of control and garrison of the occupied or annexed territories of the former Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
2nd Army ORBAT, depending units:
Initially 250,000 men strong in 15 divisions, the 4 immediately dependent Corps were then reduced to 230,000 men in 13 divisions. The 2nd Army was a second line force with most of the men in their late 30s and early 40s, the only really largely combat ready and effective (Simple Major) Great Unit was the assigned component of the
Alpine Division Julia only partially deployed in the yugoslav theatre of operations as a whole unit.
After the
armistice of Cassibile on September 8, 1943, and the announcement by Italy of war on Germany, all activities ceased and the 2nd Army was dissolved in
Mali Lošinj on 11 September.
Parts of the 2nd Italian army were withdrawn into the mountains of Dalmatia and joined the
Yugoslav Partisans, under command of
Josip Broz Tito, which formed the Italian
Partisan Division "Garibaldi". Other parts of the 2nd Army also keep fighting against the Germans along with the Yugoslav partisans in
Division Italia (Yugoslavia), during 1944–1945. They helped the Soviet and Bulgarian army fighting against the German army in Croatia, Hungary and Austria.
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