ARMIR

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Italian field army military unit

ARMIR was the Italian 8th Army deployed on the Eastern Front during World War II, best known for its disastrous defeat alongside German forces in the Soviet Union.

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Italian field army → military unit →
alliedWith	Nazi Germany → Wehrmacht →
alsoKnownAs	8a Armata Italiana → Italian 8th Army →
component	3rd Celere Division Principe Amedeo Duca d'Aosta → Alpine Corps (Italy) → Cosseria Infantry Division → Cuneense Alpine Division → II Army Corps (Italy) → Italian Air Force units in Russia → Italian Blackshirt units in Russia → Julia Alpine Division → Pasubio Infantry Division → Ravenna Infantry Division → Sforzesca Infantry Division → Torino Infantry Division → Tridentina Alpine Division → Vicenza Infantry Division → XXXV Army Corps (Italy) →
conflict	Second World War →
country	Kingdom of Italy →
deployment	Ukraine → southwestern Russia →
disbandedFollowing	Italian armistice of September 1943 →
endTime	1943 →
fate	largely destroyed during Soviet winter offensive 1942–1943 →
formedFrom	Corpo di Spedizione Italiano in Russia →
fullName	Armata Italiana in Russia →
garrison	initially Italy →
hasCommander	Ettore de Rossi → Giovanni Messe → Italo Gariboldi →
location	Don River front → southern sector of the Eastern Front →
notableEvent	Battle of Stalingrad → Battle of the Don → Operation Little Saturn → retreat from the Don River →
notableFor	heavy casualties and near destruction in Soviet counteroffensives →
opponent	Red Army → Soviet Union →
partOf	Regio Esercito →
predecessor	CSIR →
resultOf	expansion of Italian expeditionary force in USSR →
standsFor	Armata Italiana in Russia →
startTime	1942 →
strength	approximately 200000 men →
subordinateTo	German Army Group B → German Army Group Don →
theaterOfOperations	Eastern Front →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Armata Italiana in Russia → Italian 8th Army →	alsoKnownAs