Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy)

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army land warfare branch

The Italian Army of the Kingdom of Italy was the land warfare branch of Italy’s armed forces from unification in the 19th century through World War II, participating in major conflicts such as the Italo-Turkish War, World War I, and World War II.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form	Occurrences
Italian Army	17
Regio Esercito	9
Royal Italian Army	8
Italian Royal Army	3
8a Armata Italiana	1
Italian Army units	1
Italian colonial forces	1
Italian military	1
Royal Italian Army general staff	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	army ⓘ land warfare branch ⓘ
allegiance	House of Savoy ⓘ King of Italy ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ surface form: Royal Italian Army
conflict	Boxer Rebellion ⓘ Eastern Front ⓘ surface form: Eastern Front (World War II) First Italo-Ethiopian War ⓘ Italian campaign ⓘ surface form: Italian Campaign (World War II) Italian invasion of Albania ⓘ Italian invasion of Greece ⓘ surface form: Italo-Greek War Italo-Turkish War ⓘ North African campaign ⓘ surface form: North African Campaign Pacification of Libya ⓘ Second Italo-Ethiopian War ⓘ Spanish Civil War ⓘ Austro-Prussian War ⓘ surface form: Third Italian War of Independence World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
dissolved	1946 ⓘ
doctrine	continental conscript army ⓘ
endTime	1946 ⓘ
garrison	Rome ⓘ
headquarters	Rome ⓘ
historicalPeriod	19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ
inception	1861 ⓘ
language	Italian ⓘ
mottoLanguage	Italian ⓘ
nativeLabel	Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Regio Esercito
notableCommander	Armando Diaz ⓘ Luigi Cadorna ⓘ Pietro Badoglio ⓘ Rodolfo Graziani ⓘ Ugo Cavallero ⓘ
partOf	Italian Armed Forces ⓘ surface form: Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Italy
precededBy	Royal Sardinian Army ⓘ
replacedBy	Italian Army (Republic of Italy) ⓘ
role	land warfare ⓘ
serviceBranchOf	Italian Armed Forces ⓘ surface form: Royal Italian Armed Forces
startTime	1861 ⓘ
subordinateUnit	Alpini ⓘ Armata del Po ⓘ Bersaglieri ⓘ Carabinieri ⓘ surface form: Carabinieri (as military police) Armata Italiana in Russia ⓘ surface form: Corpo di Spedizione Italiano in Russia Corpo d’Armata Alpino ⓘ Guardia di Finanza ⓘ surface form: Regia Guardia di Finanza (in wartime role)
usedBy	Kingdom of Italy ⓘ

Referenced by (44)

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

Operation Achse → affected → Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian Royal Army

German Afrika Korps → alliedWith → Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Italian Army

ARMIR → alsoKnownAs → Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ

this entity surface form: 8a Armata Italiana

Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) → alsoKnownAs → Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Italian Army

Battle of El Guettar → armedForcesInvolved → Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian Army

Armata Italiana in Russia → branch → Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian Army

Italian 8th Army → branch → Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Italian Army

Italian XX Motorised Corps → branch → Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian Army

Panzer Army Africa → branch → Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Regio Esercito

Austro-Hungarian Army → conflict → Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian Army

1st Infantry Division → engagedAgainst → Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian Army

1st South African Division → engagedAgainst → Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian Army

4th Indian Division → engagedAgainst → Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian Army

Italian Armed Forces → historicalPrecursor → Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Italian Army

Axis forces on the Eastern Front → included → Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian Army

Pietro Badoglio → memberOf → Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Italian Army general staff

Alfredo Guzzoni → militaryBranch → Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Italian Army

Fezzan campaign → militaryBranch → Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian Army

Gabriele D'Annunzio → militaryBranch → Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Regio Esercito

Giulio → militaryBranch → Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ

subject surface form: Giulio Douhet

this entity surface form: Italian Army

Italian Trieste Division → militaryBranch → Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian Army

Pietro Badoglio → militaryBranch → Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Italian Army

Sandro Pertini → militaryBranch → Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian Army

Italian invasion of Albania → militaryBranchInvolved → Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Regio Esercito

Operation Sonnenblume → militaryBranchInvolved → Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian Army

Italian 1st Army → militaryBranchOf → Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Regio Esercito

Achille Compagnoni → militaryService → Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian Army

Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) → nativeLabel → Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Regio Esercito

2nd New Zealand Division → opponent → Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ

Allied reconquest of British Somaliland → opponent → Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian Royal Army

Eighth Army (United Kingdom) → opponent → Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ

Fezzan campaign → opponent → Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian colonial forces

II Corps (United States) → opposedTo → Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian Royal Army

Italian 1st Army → partOf → Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Italian Army

Italian 8th Army → partOf → Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Regio Esercito

Italian XX Motorised Corps → partOf → Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Regio Esercito

Panzer Army Africa → partOf → Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian Army

March on Rome → participant → Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian Army

DAK → supportedBy → Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian Army units

Beretta M1934 pistol → usedBy → Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Regio Esercito

Bir el Gubi → usedBy → Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian Army

First Marshal of the Empire → usedBy → Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Italian Army

M1 Garand rifles → usedBy → Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ

subject surface form: M1 Garand

this entity surface form: Italian military

Italian invasion of France → usedMilitaryForce → Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Regio Esercito