Italian Co-Belligerent Army

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army military organization

The Italian Co-Belligerent Army was the force formed from Royalist Italian troops that, after the 1943 armistice, fought alongside the Allies against Nazi Germany and the Italian Social Republic during the final phase of World War II.

Aliases (7)

Italian Co-belligerent Army ×5
Corpo Italiano di Liberazione ×1
Esercito Cobelligerante Italiano ×1
Italian Co-Belligerent Forces ×1
Italian Co-belligerent Army units ×1
Italian Liberation Corps ×1
Royal Italian Army (Co-Belligerent Italy) ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	army → military organization →
alliedWith	Allied Powers → Free French Forces → Greek forces → United Kingdom → United States →
alsoKnownAs	Esercito Cobelligerante Italiano → Esercito del Sud → Italian Liberation Corps →
commandStructure	under Allied command →
conflict	Italian Campaign → World War II →
country	Kingdom of Italy →
disbandedAfter	end of World War II in Europe →
endTime	1945 →
formedAfter	Armistice of Cassibile →
garrison	southern Italy →
headquartersLocation	Brindisi → later in southern Italy →
historicalContext	formed after Italy switched sides in World War II →
language	Italian →
legalStatus	armed forces of the Kingdom of Italy loyal to the king →
loyalTo	Royalist Italian government in the south → Victor Emmanuel III →
militaryBranch	land forces →
notableEngagement	Battle of Monte Cassino → Gothic Line operations → Gustav Line operations →
opposedTo	Axis Powers → Italian Social Republic → Nazi Germany → Repubblica Sociale Italiana → Wehrmacht →
partOf	Italian Co-Belligerent Forces →
precededBy	Royal Italian Army →
primaryObjective	liberation of Italian territory from German and RSI control →
role	ground combat →
startTime	1943 →
status	disbanded →
subordinateUnit	Combat Groups → Corpo Italiano di Liberazione → Gruppi di Combattimento → Italian Liberation Corps →
theaterOfOperations	Balkans → Italy →
typeOfParticipation	co-belligerent with Allies →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Italian Co-Belligerent Army ("Esercito Cobelligerante Italiano") → Italian Co-Belligerent Army ("Italian Liberation Corps") →	alsoKnownAs
Polish II Corps ("Royal Italian Army (Co-Belligerent Italy)") →	alliedWith
Italian Civil War ("Italian Co-belligerent Army") →	combatant
National Republican Air Force ("Italian Co-belligerent Army") →	foughtAgainst
Southern Kingdom ("Italian Co-belligerent Army") →	hadMilitaryForces
U.S. Fifth Army ("Italian Co-belligerent Army units") →	includedUnit
Italian Co-belligerent Air Force ("Italian Co-belligerent Army") →	militaryBranchOf
Italy (1943–1945, co-belligerent with Allies) ("Italian Co-belligerent Army") →	militaryForce
Italian Co-Belligerent Army ("Italian Co-Belligerent Forces") →	partOf
Italian armistice of 1943 →	relatedTo
Italian Co-Belligerent Army ("Corpo Italiano di Liberazione") →	subordinateUnit