Italian Ariete Division

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Italian Army military unit armored division

The Italian Ariete Division was a prominent Italian armored division in World War II, noted for its tank battles in the North African campaign.

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Label	Occurrences
Italian Ariete Division canonical	2
Italian Army armored forces	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Italian Army military unit ⓘ armored division ⓘ
alliedWith	German Afrika Korps ⓘ
battle	Battle of Gazala ⓘ Battle of El Alamein ⓘ surface form: First Battle of El Alamein Battle of El Alamein ⓘ surface form: Second Battle of El Alamein
campaign	North African campaign ⓘ surface form: Western Desert campaign
conflict	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
country	Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
disbandmentYear	1942 ⓘ
equipment	M13/40 medium tank ⓘ M14/41 medium tank ⓘ Semovente self-propelled gun ⓘ
fate	destroyed at Second Battle of El Alamein ⓘ
formationYear	1939 ⓘ
garrison	Italy ⓘ
honor	remembered for determined resistance at El Alamein ⓘ
militaryBranch	Regio Esercito ⓘ
nameMeaning	Ram ⓘ
nickname	Aries ⓘ surface form: Ariete
notableCommander	Enrico Frattini ⓘ Giuseppe De Stefanis ⓘ
notableFor	tank battles in North Africa ⓘ
opposedTo	British Eighth Army ⓘ
partOf	Italian armored corps in North Africa ⓘ
role	armored warfare ⓘ mechanized infantry support ⓘ
successorUnit	Ariete Armoured Division ⓘ surface form: 132nd Armored Division Ariete
theater	North African campaign ⓘ
type	armored division ⓘ

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

Panzer Army Africa → component → Italian Ariete Division ⓘ

Giuseppe De Stefanis → partOf → Italian Ariete Division ⓘ

this entity surface form: Italian Army armored forces

Hafid Ridge → associatedWithUnit → Italian Ariete Division ⓘ