Italian Trieste Division

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The Italian Trieste Division was an Italian armored division of World War II that fought alongside German forces in the North African campaign.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian Army military unit
armored division
alliedWith Nazi Germany
associatedWith Italian armored forces in World War II
belligerentSide Axis powers
conflict North African campaign
World War II
country Kingdom of Italy
countryOfNameSource Italy
equipmentType armored vehicles
artillery
tanks
foughtAlongside German Afrika Korps
Wehrmacht
surface form: German Wehrmacht
hasDomain World War II history
military history
historicalEra 20th century
locationOfNameSource Trieste, Italy
surface form: Trieste
militaryAlliance Axis
militaryBranch Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy)
surface form: Italian Army
namedAfter Trieste, Italy
surface form: Trieste
operationalRole armored warfare
opposedBy British Army
British Commonwealth forces
surface form: Commonwealth forces

United States Army
participatedIn desert warfare
partOf Regio Esercito
theaterOfOperations North Africa
Western Desert
type mechanized formation

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Battle of Bir Hakeim attackingForce Italian Trieste Division
this entity surface form: Trieste Motorised Division
Panzer Army Africa component Italian Trieste Division
Italian XX Motorised Corps subordinateUnit Italian Trieste Division
this entity surface form: 101st Motorised Division Trieste