10th Army (Italy)

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Royal Italian Army formation field army

The 10th Army (Italy) was a Royal Italian Army field formation that fought in North Africa during World War II and suffered a decisive defeat to British and Commonwealth forces in early 1941.

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Royal Italian Army formation → field army →
allegiance	Axis Powers →
areaOfOperations	Cyrenaica → Egypt–Libya border region → eastern Libya →
branch	Royal Italian Army →
commander	Giuseppe Tellera → Italo Gariboldi → Mario Berti →
conflict	Second World War →
country	Kingdom of Italy →
dateOfMajorDefeat	February 1941 →
fate	largely destroyed in early 1941 →
front	Western Desert front →
garrison	Libya →
geographicalContext	Western Desert between Libya and Egypt →
higherCommand	Italian North Africa High Command →
historicalContext	Italian colonial defense of Libya during World War II →
historicalSignificance	its destruction opened the way for British advance deep into Libya →
militaryBranch	land forces →
notableEngagement	Battle of Bardia → Battle of Beda Fomm → Battle of Sidi Barrani → Italian invasion of Egypt → Operation Compass →
notableEvent	encirclement and surrender at Beda Fomm →
notableOutcome	loss of most of Italian forces in Cyrenaica →
operationalPeriod	World War II →
opponent	Australian Army → British Army → British Commonwealth forces → Indian Army (British India) →
partOf	Regio Esercito →
result	decisive defeat in Operation Compass →
role	offensive and defensive ground operations in North Africa →
sideInConflict	Italy in World War II →
statusAfter1941	effectively ceased to exist as a field formation →
theatre	North African Campaign → Western Desert Campaign →
typeOfUnit	multi-corps army formation →
usedEquipment	Italian artillery of the Second World War → Italian infantry weapons of the Second World War → Italian tanks and armoured cars of the early Second World War →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Sidi Barrani →	involvedUnit
Operation Compass →	militaryUnit