Alpini
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The Alpini are the Italian Army's specialist mountain infantry. Part of the army's infantry corps, the speciality distinguished itself in combat during World War I and World War II. Currently the acti
Alpini of the 7th Alpini Regiment
A Cappello Alpino of a Combat Engineer of the Alpini Corps: with raven feather, amaranth Nappina, (tuft) and the coat of the 2° Engineer Regiment.
A pair of Fiamme Verdi collar patches
Alpini in the frontline trenches on the Monte Corno
Mountain warfare
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Mountain warfare or alpine warfare is warfare in mountains or similarly rough terrain. The term encompasses military operations affected by the terrain, hazards, and factors of combat and movement thr
Alpini
…The Alpini are the Italian Army's specialist mountain infantry. Part of the army's infantry corps, the speciality distinguished itself in combat during World War I and World War II. Currently the active Alpini units…
United States Army soldiers scaling the Smugglers Notch mountain pass in Vermont during Army Mountain Warfare School training in 2016
General Suvorov crossing the St. Gotthard Pass in the Alps in 1799
The Last Stand of the 44th Regiment at Gundamuck by William Barnes Wollen. The last stand of the 44th Foot, during the 1842 retreat from Kabul
Italian Front in 1915–1917: eleven Battles of the Isonzo and Asiago offensive. In blue are initial Italian occupations.