Italian Army in North Africa

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Italian Army formation military formation

The Italian Army in North Africa was the contingent of Italy’s armed forces that fought alongside German troops against the Allies in the North African Campaign of World War II.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Italian Army in North Africa canonical	6
Italian North Africa High Command	2
Italian forces in Libya	2
Italian forces in North Africa	2
Axis powers in North Africa	1
Italian forces in the North African campaign	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Italian Army formation ⓘ military formation ⓘ
activeDuring	World War II ⓘ
allyOf	Heeresgruppe Afrika ⓘ surface form: German Army in North Africa
conflict	North African campaign ⓘ surface form: North African Campaign
cooperatedWith	German Afrika Korps ⓘ surface form: Afrika Korps Panzer Army Africa ⓘ surface form: Panzerarmee Afrika
country	Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
endTime	1943 ⓘ
engagedIn	Battle of Gazala ⓘ Battle of El Alamein ⓘ surface form: First Battle of El Alamein Italian invasion of Egypt ⓘ Operation Compass ⓘ Operation Crusader ⓘ Battle of El Alamein ⓘ surface form: Second Battle of El Alamein Siege of Tobruk ⓘ Tunisian campaign ⓘ surface form: Tunisian Campaign
garrison	Italian Libya ⓘ
notableCommander	Ettore Bastico ⓘ Giovanni Messe ⓘ Italo Gariboldi ⓘ Rodolfo Graziani ⓘ
operatedIn	Cyrenaica ⓘ Egypt ⓘ Libya ⓘ Tripolitania ⓘ Tunisia ⓘ
opposedTo	British Empire armed forces ⓘ surface form: British Empire forces British Commonwealth forces ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth forces Free French Forces ⓘ surface form: Free French forces United States Army ⓘ
partOf	Regio Esercito ⓘ surface form: Royal Italian Army
startTime	1940 ⓘ
subordinateUnit	10th Army (Italy) ⓘ 5th Army (Italy) ⓘ Ariete Armoured Division ⓘ Brescia Infantry Division ⓘ Folgore Division ⓘ surface form: Folgore Parachute Division Italian XX Motorised Corps ⓘ Italian XXI Corps ⓘ Littorio Division ⓘ surface form: Littorio Armoured Division Pavia Infantry Division ⓘ 102nd Motorised Division Trento ⓘ surface form: Trento Motorised Division Italian Trieste Division ⓘ surface form: Trieste Motorised Division
surrenderDate	May 1943 ⓘ
surrenderedTo	Allied Expeditionary Force in North Africa ⓘ surface form: Allied forces in North Africa
theaterOfOperations	North Africa ⓘ
usedEquipment	L3/35 tankette ⓘ M11/39 medium tank ⓘ surface form: M11/39 tank M13/40 medium tank ⓘ surface form: M13/40 tank M14/41 tank ⓘ Semovente self-propelled gun ⓘ surface form: Semovente 75/18 self-propelled gun

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British Eighth Army → opponent → Italian Army in North Africa ⓘ

8th Army → opponent → Italian Army in North Africa ⓘ

subject surface form: Eighth Army

Italo Gariboldi → notableCommanderOf → Italian Army in North Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian forces in Libya

7th Armoured Division → engagedAgainst → Italian Army in North Africa ⓘ

10th Army (Italy) → higherCommand → Italian Army in North Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian North Africa High Command

Eighth Army → opposedBy → Italian Army in North Africa ⓘ

Italian Tenth Army → formedFrom → Italian Army in North Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian forces in Libya

Italian Tenth Army → subordinateTo → Italian Army in North Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian North Africa High Command

Enrico Frattini → partOf → Italian Army in North Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian forces in the North African campaign

Polish Independent Carpathian Rifle Brigade → primaryOpponents → Italian Army in North Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Axis powers in North Africa

South African 2nd Division → opponent → Italian Army in North Africa ⓘ

British 22nd Armoured Brigade → opponent → Italian Army in North Africa ⓘ

David Stirling → capturedBy → Italian Army in North Africa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian forces in North Africa

Lieutenant-General Richard O’Connor → capturedBy → Italian Army in North Africa ⓘ

subject surface form: Richard O’Connor

this entity surface form: Italian forces in North Africa