XXVI Army Corps (Italy)

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The XXVI Army Corps (

Italian occupation of Greece during World War II
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History

The XXV Corps was first established in Castelfranco Veneto on 23 May 1916, until its disbandment on 10 January 1920.[1]

In March 1939, in preparation for the

Centauro Armoured Division. On 23 July, a Higher Forces Command Albania (Comando Superiore Truppe Albania) with a status of a field army was established as a higher instance, but on 1 December 1939 the two commands were merged as the Higher Forces Command Albania (XXVI Army Corps).[1]

On 24 October 1940, in preparation for the

Italian Spring Offensive in March 1941 to achieve a breakthrough.[1] Following the German invasion of Greece on 6 April, on 10 April the Italian forces in the Albanian front began their own advance against the retreating Greeks, arriving at the old Greco-Albanian border on 23 April, the day of the capitulation of the Greek army to the Germans.[1]

On 4 May, the corps was redesignated as the Alpine Army Corps Command (XXVI) (Comando Corpo d'Armata Alpino (XXVI)) with the

5th Pusteria alpine divisions, until its dissolution on 15 June.[1]

XXVI Corps was reconstituted on 1 August 1941, inheriting the units of the disbanded XXV Corps, the divisions

Italian armistice of September 1943, when it was disbanded.[1]

Commanders

Higher Forces Command Albania/XXVI Corps (1939–1940)
XXVI Corps/XXVI Alpine Corps (1940–1943)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "XXVI Corpo d'Armata" (in Italian). Retrieved 8 November 2018.
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