Armata Italiana in Russia

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Axis formation on the Eastern Front Italian field army military unit

Armata Italiana in Russia was the Italian 8th Army deployed on the Eastern Front during World War II as part of the Axis campaign against the Soviet Union, suffering devastating losses especially during the Soviet offensives of 1942–1943.

Aliases (3)

Corpo di Spedizione Italiano in Russia ×4
Armata Italiana in Russia (ARMIR) ×1
Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Axis formation on the Eastern Front → Italian field army → military unit →
alliance	Axis Powers →
alsoKnownAs	ARMIR → Armata Italiana in Russia (ARMIR) → Italian 8th Army →
branch	Italian Army →
campaign	Axis campaign against the Soviet Union →
casualties	tens of thousands killed, wounded, or missing →
component	Alpini Corps → II Army Corps → XXXV Army Corps →
conflict	World War II →
country	Kingdom of Italy →
disbandedIn	1943 →
engagedIn	Battle of Stalingrad (peripheral sector) → Operation Blue → Operation Little Saturn → Soviet winter offensive of 1942–1943 →
era	20th century →
faced	Red Army armored and mechanized formations →
formationYear	1942 →
formedFrom	Corpo di Spedizione Italiano in Russia →
frontSector	Don River sector →
headquartersLocation	various locations along the Don front →
historicalSignificance	symbol of Italian military disaster on Eastern Front →
includedUnitType	Alpini divisions → armored units (limited) → infantry divisions →
logisticalCondition	poor equipment and winter clothing →
nationality	Italian →
notableCommander	Giovanni Messe → Italo Gariboldi →
opponent	Soviet Union →
partOf	Regio Esercito →
peakStrength	approximately 200000 personnel →
resultOf	Italian decision to expand expeditionary force in USSR →
role	flank protection for German 6th Army →
status	defunct military formation →
subordinateTo	German Army Group B → German Army Group Don →
suffered	heavy casualties →
supportedBy	German Wehrmacht →
theater	Eastern Front →
withdrawal	remnants evacuated from Soviet Union in 1943 →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
ARMIR ("Corpo di Spedizione Italiano in Russia") → Armata Italiana in Russia ("Corpo di Spedizione Italiano in Russia") → Italian 8th Army ("Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia") →	formedFrom
Armata Italiana in Russia ("Armata Italiana in Russia (ARMIR)") → Italian 8th Army →	alsoKnownAs
ARMIR →	fullName
Italian 8th Army ("Corpo di Spedizione Italiano in Russia") →	precededBy
ARMIR →	standsFor
Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ("Corpo di Spedizione Italiano in Russia") →	subordinateUnit