Italian Blackshirt divisions

E68186
military formation paramilitary organization

Italian Blackshirt divisions were paramilitary military formations of Mussolini’s Fascist regime, composed of volunteer militia units that fought alongside regular Italian forces in conflicts such as the Spanish Civil War.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Italian Blackshirts 2
Italian Blackshirt divisions canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military formation ⓘ
paramilitary organization ⓘ
activeDuring Interwar period ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
allegiance Benito Mussolini ⓘ
Fascist Italy ⓘ
associatedWith Italian Social Republic ⓘ
commandedBy Fascist Party officials ⓘ
Italian Army officers ⓘ
commandStructure Regio Esercito ⓘ
surface form: Italian Army high command
composedOf volunteer militia units ⓘ
country Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
disbandedAfter collapse of Fascist Italy ⓘ
fall of Mussolini ⓘ
equipment Italian small arms ⓘ
light artillery ⓘ
function enforce Fascist political control ⓘ
support regular Italian armed forces ⓘ
ideology Fascism ⓘ
surface form: Italian Fascism
language Italian ⓘ
legalStatus state-recognized militia ⓘ
militaryBranch Italian Fasces of Combat ⓘ
surface form: Blackshirts
notableCharacteristic politicized chain of command ⓘ
strong party loyalty ⓘ
notableTheater Balkan Campaign ⓘ
surface form: Balkans campaign

Eastern Front ⓘ
North African campaign ⓘ
operatedBy National Fascist Party ⓘ
origin Blackshirt squadristi ⓘ
participatedIn Second Italo-Ethiopian War ⓘ
Spanish Civil War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
partOf Voluntary Militia for National Security ⓘ
politicalAlignment pro-Fascist ⓘ
primaryEnemy Allies of World War II ⓘ
surface form: Allied forces in World War II

anti-fascist forces ⓘ
recruitedFrom Italian volunteers ⓘ
members of the National Fascist Party ⓘ
role infantry ⓘ
internal security ⓘ
occupation forces ⓘ
status disbanded ⓘ
symbol Fascio Littorio ⓘ
trainingFocus light infantry tactics ⓘ
political indoctrination ⓘ
typeOf volunteer militia division ⓘ
usedUniformColor black ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Battle of Guadalajara → involvedUnit → Italian Blackshirt divisions ⓘ
Hlinka Guard → inspiredBy → Italian Blackshirt divisions ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian Blackshirts
Corpo Truppe Volontarie → includes → Italian Blackshirt divisions ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian Blackshirts