Alpine Brigade "Orobica"
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The Alpine Brigade "Orobica" was a light Infantry brigade of the Italian Army, specializing in mountain warfare. Its core units were Alpini, the mountain infantry corps of the Italian Army, that disti
Alpine wall bunker in Mals
The Alpini Battalion "Val Chiese" is an inactive mountain warfare battalion of the Italian Army based last in Sterzing in South Tyrol. The battalion belongs to the Italian Army's Alpini infantry speci
Alpine Brigade "Orobica"
…Meran (raised in 1954) 22nd Frontier Defense Regiment, in Meran (joined in 1954, disbanded on 31 December 1962) XXIX Battalion, in Sterzing (renamed Alpini Battalion "Val Chiese" on 1 July 1963) XXX Battalion, in Mals (reduced to reserve unit on 31 December 1962 and two companies passed to the XXIX Battalion, renamed Alpini…
The Alpine Army Corps' retreat in Ukraine in January 1943
The Anti-tank obstacle at Plamort above Reschen