CTV

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CTV, short for Corpo Truppe Volontarie, was the Italian volunteer expeditionary force sent by Mussolini to support Francisco Franco’s Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian volunteer expeditionary force
military unit
allegiance Benito Mussolini
Nationalist faction (Spain)
surface form: Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War)
alsoKnownAs Corpo Truppe Volontarie
surface form: Italian Corps of Volunteer Troops
approximateStrength 70000 personnel
component Blackshirt (MVSN) units
surface form: Blackshirt (Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale) units

armored units
artillery units
infantry units
conflict Spanish Civil War
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Italy
disbandedAfter end of the Spanish Civil War
endTime 1939
engagedInBattle Aragon Offensive
surface form: Aragon Offensive (1938)

Battle of Guadalajara
Battle of Santander
Battle of Teruel
Catalonia Offensive
fullName Corpo Truppe Volontarie
governmentInvolved Fascist Italy
historicalPeriod Interwar period
ideology Fascism
leader Ettore Bastico NERFINISHED
Gastone Gambara
Mario Roatta
notableCommander Ettore Bastico NERFINISHED
Gastone Gambara
Mario Roatta
notableDefeat Battle of Guadalajara
operatedBy Italy
opposedBy International Brigades
Spanish Republican Army
surface form: Spanish Republican forces
organizedBy Benito Mussolini
partOf Italian expeditionary force in Spain
surface form: Italian intervention in the Spanish Civil War
primaryObjective help secure Nationalist victory in Spain
purpose support Nationalist forces in the Spanish Civil War
result contributed to Nationalist victory in the Spanish Civil War
startTime 1936
status disbanded
subordinateTo Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy)
surface form: Italian Royal Army
supported Francisco Franco
theaterOfOperations Spain
typeOfOperation expeditionary force
usedEquipment Italian artillery
Italian tanks
small arms supplied by Italy
volunteerLabel included many regular Italian army personnel

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