7ª Armata

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 7ª Armata ( German  7th Army ) was an army of the Italian Army in the First and Second World Wars .

history

In September 1917 the III. Corps of the 1st Army , which stood between the Stilfser Joch and Lake Garda , directly subordinated to the Army High Command. For this western section of the front, the new command of the 7th Army was created on February 25, 1918 in Brescia . Corps also the XXV. Corps took over. In June 1918, parts of the 7th Army fought off an Austro-Hungarian relief attack on the Tonale Pass a few days before the second Battle of the Piave ( Operation Avalanche ). After the battle of Vittorio Veneto , parts of the army occupied areas of what is now the region of Trentino-Alto Adige . The 7th Army (also known as the Judiciary Army) was disbanded on November 18, 1918.

The army command was reactivated for the first time from September to December 1939. On June 12, 1940, the 7th Army was re-established in northwestern Italy and, together with the 1st Army and the 4th Army, placed under the Army Group West . While the other two armies were on the border with France in the western Alps , the 7th and its VII and VIII Corps remained in reserve. When the German success became apparent during the campaign in the west , Benito Mussolini announced on June 10, 1940 that Italy would enter the war and on June 21, 1940 ordered the army group West to attack France. France signed the Compiègne armistice the next day and the armistice with Italy in Rome on the evening of June 24th. The 7th Army did not take part in any combat operations and was disbanded at the end of October 1940. At the end of September 1941, it was re-established in southern Italy (excluding Sicily ), which the army was supposed to defend against Allied landings. In April 1942, the 7th Army was placed under the reactivated Army Group Command South . At the beginning of September 1943, associations of their XXXI. Corps in Calabria against the landed Allies, especially in Aspromonte . After the Cassibile armistice was publicly announced on September 8, 1943, the 7th Army was largely disarmed by German units, some of which remained under Allied control. The army was officially disbanded on November 24, 1943.

Commander in chief

headquarters

literature

  • Vittorio Cogno: 400 anni di vita degli eserciti sabaudo e italiano - repertorio generale 1593 - 1993 . Edizioni Fachin, Trieste 1995.
  • Giorgio Rochat, Giulio Massobrio: Breve storia dell'esercito italiano dal 1861 al 1943. Einaudi, Turin 1978.
  • Filippo Stefani: La storia della dottrina e degli ordinamenti dell'esercito italiano. (Ed. Ufficio Storico Stato Maggiore Esercito-USSME, 3 vols.) USSME, Rome 1986.

Web links