Comando Supremo

Italian Divisional Organizations tipo Africa Settentrionale (A.S.)

This article discusses the planned changes in the Italian divisions and corps serving in North Africa

Event Calendar – 2012

Event calendar of battaglione Alpini sciatori, Monte Cervino

Italian Folgore at El Alamein: Unbreakable

While the Folgore has often received praise and admiration for the bravery they displayed during the fighting at El Alamein, what is sometimes overlooked was the skill level demonstrated by its soldiers.

Mario Arillo

Mario Arillo was born in La Spezia on the 25 March 1912 and soon showed a great passion for the sea and the desire of following a career in the Royal Navy

Carlo Fecia Conte di Cossato

With 16 strikes for 86,500 tons, he was the ace of the aces and the second by tonnage of the Italian submarine force in the Second World War

Gianfranco Gazzana Priaroggia

With 10 ships totaling 90,000 tons, he was one of the major submarine aces. The Republic gave his name to one of its ex American submarines in service during the 1970-1980’s and to the submarine class “Sauro” that entered in service in 1995.

Field Marshal Emilio De Bono

Son of a career military officer, Emilio de Bono was born in Cassano D’adda in 1866. After completing the Milano Military College, and the Modena Military Academy, he became Lieutenant in 1886, and enrolled as voluntary on the III Bersaglieri regiment in the Eritrea colonial war.

Field Marshal Rodolfo Graziani

Graziani was the only Marshal to stay loyal to Mussolini and was appointed Minister of Defense of the RSI. He also commanded the mixed Italo-German "Armee Ligurien". Arrested in 1945, he was sentenced to 19 years in prison in 1950, but released in the same year. He died in Rome on January 11, 1955.

The Incredible Story of Silvio Corbari

The story of Silvio Corbari is a tale of war, love, and betrayal, enriched all the more by the sensational events which surrounded this man during one of Italy's darker periods, the German occupation.

Italian Army of 1940: Facilitator or Victim of Mussolini’s Failed War Strategy? Part Two

There were many in the Comando Supremo in the late 1930's who were very aware that the Italian army would not be ready for some years time in regards to modernization of equipment and tactics to fight in a European war.