ARMIR

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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.

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ARMIR canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian field army
military unit
alliedWith Nazi Germany
Wehrmacht
alsoKnownAs Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy)
surface form: 8a Armata Italiana

Italian 8th Army
component 3rd Celere Division Principe Amedeo Duca d'Aosta
Corpo d’Armata Alpino
surface form: 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
Corpo d’Armata Alpino
surface form: Tridentina Alpine Division

Vicenza Infantry Division
XXXV Army Corps (Italy)
conflict World War II
surface form: 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 Armata Italiana in Russia
surface form: 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
surface form: Don River front

southern sector of the Eastern Front
notableEvent Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of the Don Bend
surface form: 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 Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
surface form: 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
Army Group Don
surface form: German Army Group Don
theaterOfOperations Eastern Front

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3rd Celere Division Principe Amedeo Duca d'Aosta partOf ARMIR
subject surface form: 3rd Celere Division "Principe Amedeo Duca d'Aosta"
Ettore de Rossi commanded ARMIR