Italian expeditionary force in Spain

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expeditionary force foreign volunteer unit military unit

The Italian expeditionary force in Spain was a Fascist Italy military contingent sent by Mussolini to support Francisco Franco's Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Italian intervention in the Spanish Civil War 2
Italian expeditionary force in Spain canonical 1
Italian expeditionary forces in the Spanish Civil War 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf expeditionary force ⓘ
foreign volunteer unit ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
allegiance Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
alliedWith Condor Legion ⓘ
surface form: German Condor Legion

Nationalist Army ⓘ
surface form: Spanish Nationalist Army
alsoKnownAs CTV ⓘ
Corpo Truppe Volontarie ⓘ
casualties several thousand killed ⓘ
several thousand wounded ⓘ
commander Ettore Bastico NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gastone Gambara ⓘ
Mario Roatta ⓘ
component Blackshirt militia units ⓘ
air force contingent ⓘ
armored units ⓘ
artillery units ⓘ
infantry units ⓘ
conflict Spanish Civil War ⓘ
country Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
endTime 1939 ⓘ
estimatedStrength over 70,000 personnel at peak ⓘ
historicalSignificance early example of Fascist Italy expeditionary warfare ⓘ
precursor to World War II Axis cooperation ⓘ
ideology Italian Fascism ⓘ
notableEngagement Aragon Offensive ⓘ
Battle of Guadalajara ⓘ
Battle of Vélez-Málaga ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Malaga

Battle of Santander ⓘ
opposed Republican faction in the Spanish Civil War ⓘ
Second Spanish Republic ⓘ
surface form: Spanish Republic
organizedBy Benito Mussolini ⓘ
Fascist regime of Italy ⓘ
partOf Regio Esercito ⓘ
surface form: Royal Italian Army
politicalContext Axis intervention in the Spanish Civil War ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ
purpose expand Italian influence in the Mediterranean ⓘ
support Nationalist military operations ⓘ
test Italian weapons and tactics ⓘ
result contributed to Nationalist victory in the Spanish Civil War ⓘ
sponsor National Fascist Party ⓘ
startTime 1936 ⓘ
supported Francisco Franco ⓘ
Nationalist faction in the Spanish Civil War ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Aragon Offensive ⓘ
surface form: Aragon front

Catalonia ⓘ
Guadalajara area ⓘ
Spain ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Corpo Truppe Volontarie armoured units → commandStructure → Italian expeditionary force in Spain ⓘ
Italy’s entry into World War II → relatedEvent → Italian expeditionary force in Spain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spanish Civil War Italian intervention
Black Arrows Division → associatedWith → Italian expeditionary force in Spain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian intervention in the Spanish Civil War
CTV → partOf → Italian expeditionary force in Spain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian intervention in the Spanish Civil War
Ruggero Bonomi → participatedIn → Italian expeditionary force in Spain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian military intervention in the Spanish Civil War
Ruggero Bonomi → partOf → Italian expeditionary force in Spain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian expeditionary forces in the Spanish Civil War