Italian Army in Russia
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The Italian Army in Russia was a combined force the size of a field army unit of the Regio Esercito which fought on the Eastern Front during World War II between July 1942 and April 1943. The ARMIR wa
75/32 gun of the Italian army on the Russian front
Italian soldiers on the Russian Front, with a Breda 30 machine gun. Breda Mod. 30 was the basic light machine gun of the Italian army during World War II
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Italian column moving towards new positions in the winter of 1942
During World War II, the Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia was a corps-sized expeditionary unit of the Regio Esercito that fought on the Eastern Front. In July 1942 the CSIR entered the newly form
Italian Army in Russia
…by the Soviet Red Army at the Battle of Stalingrad, after which Mussolini withdrew the remnants from Russia to the West. The three divisions of the Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia (Corpo di spedizione italiano in Russia, or CSIR), sent to the eastern front in July 1941, were very successful, taking a number of towns and cities…
Gerd von Rundstedt, Commander-in-Chief of Army Group South, with Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler on the Eastern Front, 28 August 1941
Mussolini inspecting members of the Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia
Italian soldiers of the CSIR attack Gorlovka on 2 November 1941
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