Italian XX Motorised Corps

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Italian Army formation army corps

The Italian XX Motorised Corps was a World War II Italian Army corps-sized formation that fought alongside German forces in North Africa, notably during the Western Desert Campaign.

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Label Occurrences
Italian XX Motorised Corps canonical 7

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian Army formation ⓘ
army corps ⓘ
alliedWith German Afrika Korps ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
branch Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ
surface form: Italian Army
campaign North African campaign ⓘ
surface form: North African Campaign
conflict World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
cooperatedWith German Afrika Korps ⓘ
surface form: Deutsches Afrikakorps

Panzer Army Africa ⓘ
surface form: Panzerarmee Afrika
country Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
engagement Battle of Gazala ⓘ
Battle of El Alamein ⓘ
surface form: First Battle of El Alamein

Operation Crusader ⓘ
Battle of El Alamein ⓘ
surface form: Retreat from El Alamein

Battle of El Alamein ⓘ
surface form: Second Battle of El Alamein

Tunisian campaign ⓘ
surface form: Tunisian Campaign
historicalPeriod 20th century ⓘ
location Cyrenaica ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
Tripolitania ⓘ
notableFor fighting alongside German forces in North Africa ⓘ
operations in the Western Desert ⓘ
opposedTo British Eighth Army ⓘ
British Commonwealth forces ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth forces

United Kingdom ⓘ
United States Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form: United States forces
partOf Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ⓘ
surface form: Regio Esercito
role armoured and motorised operations ⓘ
mobile warfare ⓘ
subordinateUnit Italian Trieste Division ⓘ
surface form: 101st Motorised Division Trieste

102nd Motorised Division Trento ⓘ
Ariete Armoured Division ⓘ
surface form: 132nd Armoured Division Ariete

Littorio Division ⓘ
surface form: Littorio Armoured Division
theatre North African campaign ⓘ
surface form: North African Campaign

North African campaign ⓘ
surface form: Western Desert Campaign
type motorised corps ⓘ
usedEquipment Italian medium tanks ⓘ
artillery ⓘ
motor vehicles ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Panzer Army Africa → component → Italian XX Motorised Corps ⓘ
Battle of Gazala → primaryAxisFormation → Italian XX Motorised Corps ⓘ
Battle of Bir Hakeim → attackingForce → Italian XX Motorised Corps ⓘ
Ariete Armoured Division → partOf → Italian XX Motorised Corps ⓘ
German-Italian Panzer Army → hasPart → Italian XX Motorised Corps ⓘ
102nd Motorised Division Trento → partOf → Italian XX Motorised Corps ⓘ
Italian Army in North Africa → subordinateUnit → Italian XX Motorised Corps ⓘ