The Army of Italy was a field army of the French Army stationed on the Italian border and used for operations in Italy itself. Though it existed in some form in the 16th century through to the present, it is best known for its role during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars.
General Napoleon Bonaparte, commander of the Armée d'Italie on the bridge at Arcole
Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars
The Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars (1792–1801) were a series of conflicts fought principally in Northern Italy between the French Revolutionary Army and a Coalition of Austria, Russia, Piedmont-Sardinia, and a number of other Italian states.
Napoleon Crossing the Alps by Jacques-Louis David.
The Siege of Mantua ended in a French victory
General Bonaparte and his troops crossing the bridge of Arcole
General Bonaparte during the Italian campaign in 1797