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8th Alpini Regiment

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The 8th Alpini Regiment (8° Reggimento Alpini) is a mountain warfare regiment of the Italian Army based in Venzone in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. [1]

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  1. 78 relations: Alpine Brigade "Julia", Alpini, Alps, Anti-tank guided missile, Antonio Cantore, Armistice of Cassibile, Austria-Hungary, Bandvagn 206, Battle of Caporetto, Battle of Ettangi, Battle of Nikolayevka, Battle of Stalingrad, Bronze Medal of Military Valor, Cappello Alpino, Carnic Alps, Case Blue, Chiusaforte, Cividale del Friuli, Cold War, Dolomites, Don (river), Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Gabriele Nasci, Gemona del Friuli, German invasion of Greece, Gold Medal of Military Valor, Greco-Italian War, Italian Army, Italian Army gorget patches, Italian Army in Russia, Italian front (World War I), Italian protectorate of Albania (1939–1943), Italo-Turkish War, Iveco LMV, Kingdom of Greece, Kingdom of Italy, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, L'Aquila, Libya, Military Order of Italy, Mortier 120mm Rayé Tracté Modèle F1, Mountain warfare, Operation Achse, Ottoman Empire, Padua, Paluzza, Piave (river), Pindus, Pontebba, Red Army, ... Expand index (28 more) »

  2. Alpini regiments of Italy
  3. Military units and formations established in 1909
  4. Regiments of Italy in World War I
  5. Regiments of Italy in World War II

Alpine Brigade "Julia"

The Alpine Brigade "Julia" is a light infantry brigade of the Italian Army, specializing in mountain warfare. 8th Alpini Regiment and Alpine Brigade "Julia" are military units and formations established in 1949.

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Alpini

The Alpini are the Italian Army's specialist mountain infantry.

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Alps

The Alps are one of the highest and most extensive mountain ranges in Europe, stretching approximately across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia.

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Anti-tank guided missile

An anti-tank guided missile (ATGM), anti-tank missile, anti-tank guided weapon (ATGW) or anti-armor guided weapon is a guided missile primarily designed to hit and destroy heavily armored military vehicles.

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Antonio Cantore

Antonio Cantore (4 August 1860 – 20 July 1915) was an Italian general.

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Armistice of Cassibile

The Armistice of Cassibile was an armistice that was signed on 3 September 1943 between Italy and the Allies during World War II.

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Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire or the Dual Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918.

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Bandvagn 206

Bandvagn 206 (Bv 206) (meaning "Tracked Vehicle 206" in English) is a tracked articulated, all-terrain carrier initially developed and manufactured by the Swedish company Hägglund & Söner, and subsequently by BAE Systems Hägglunds, for the Swedish Army.

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Battle of Caporetto

The Battle of Caporetto (also known as the Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo, the Battle of Kobarid or the Battle of Karfreit) took place on the Italian front of World War I. The battle was fought between the Kingdom of Italy and the Central Powers and took place from 24th of October to 19th of November 1917, near the town of Kobarid (now in north-western Slovenia, then part of the Austrian Littoral), and near the river Isonzo.

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Battle of Ettangi

Ettangi is a town near Derna (in Cyrenaica) known for the battle fought between Italian soldiers and Libyan guerrillas on from 18 — 19 June 1913.

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Battle of Nikolayevka

The Battle of Nikolayevka was the breakout of Italian forces in January 1943.

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Battle of Stalingrad

The Battle of StalingradSchlacht von Stalingrad see; p (17 July 19422 February 1943) was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II, beginning when Nazi Germany and its Axis allies attacked and became locked in a protracted struggle with the Soviet Union for control over the Soviet city of Stalingrad in southern Russia.

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Bronze Medal of Military Valor

The Bronze Medal of Military Valor (Medaglia di bronzo al valor militare) is an Italian medal for gallantry.

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Cappello Alpino

The Cappello Alpino is the most distinctive feature of the Italian Army's Alpini troops' uniform.

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Carnic Alps

The Carnic Alps (Alpi Carniche; Karnische Alpen; Karnijske Alpe; Alps Cjargnelis) are a range of the Southern Limestone Alps in Austria and northeastern Italy.

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Case Blue

Case Blue (German: Fall Blau) was the Wehrmacht plan for the 1942 strategic summer offensive in southern Russia between 28 June and 24 November 1942, during World War II.

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Chiusaforte

Chiusaforte (Kluže; Klausen; Sclûse.) is a comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Udine in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

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Cividale del Friuli

Cividale del Friuli (Cividât, locally Zividât; Östrich; Čedad) is a town and comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Udine, part of the North-Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

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Cold War

The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II, and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

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Dolomites

The Dolomites (Dolomiti), also known as the Dolomite Mountains, Dolomite Alps or Dolomitic Alps, are a mountain range in northeastern Italy.

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Don (river)

The Don (p) is the fifth-longest river in Europe.

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Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Friuli-Venezia Giulia is one of the 20 regions of Italy and one of five autonomous regions with special statute.

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Gabriele Nasci

Gabriele Nasci (3 October 1887, Venice – 12 April 1947) was a general of the Alpine Corps in the Royal Italian Army.

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Gemona del Friuli

Gemona del Friuli (Glemone; Humin; Klemaun; Glemona) is a comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Udine, in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about northwest of Udine.

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German invasion of Greece

The German invasion of Greece, also known as the Battle of Greece or Operation Marita (Unternehmen Marita), were the attacks on Greece by Italy and Germany during World War II.

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Gold Medal of Military Valor

The Gold Medal of Military Valor (Medaglia d'oro al valor militare) is an Italian medal established on 21 May 1793 by King Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia for deeds of outstanding gallantry in war by junior officers and soldiers.

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Greco-Italian War

The Greco-Italian War (Ellinoïtalikós Pólemos), also called the Italo-Greek War, Italian campaign in Greece, Italian invasion of Greece, and the War of '40 in Greece, took place between Italy and Greece from 28 October 1940 to 23 April 1941.

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Italian Army

The Italian Army is the land force branch of the Italian Armed Forces.

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Italian Army gorget patches

Italian Army gorget patches (Mostreggiature or Mostrine) are worn by all army personnel on the collars of the shirts and jackets of their service uniforms and formal uniforms.

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Italian Army in Russia

The Italian Army in Russia (Armata Italiana in Russia; ARMIR) was an army-sized unit of the Regio Esercito (Royal Italian Army) which fought on the Eastern Front during World War II between July 1942 and April 1943. 8th Alpini Regiment and Italian Army in Russia are military units and formations disestablished in 1943.

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Italian front (World War I)

The Italian front (Fronte italiano; Südwestfront.) was one of the main theatres of war of World War I. It involved a series of military engagements in Northern Italy between the Central Powers and the Entente powers from 1915 to 1918.

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Italian protectorate of Albania (1939–1943)

The Italian protectorate of Albania, also known as Italian Albania, the Kingdom of Albania or Greater Albania, existed as a puppet state and protectorate of Fascist Italy.

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Italo-Turkish War

The Italo-Turkish or Turco-Italian War (Trablusgarp Savaşı, "Tripolitanian War", Guerra di Libia, "War of Libya") was fought between the Kingdom of Italy and the Ottoman Empire from 29 September 1911, to 18 October 1912.

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Iveco LMV

The Iveco LMV (Light Multirole Vehicle) is a 4WD tactical vehicle developed by Iveco, and in service with several countries.

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Kingdom of Greece

The Kingdom of Greece (Βασίλειον τῆς Ἑλλάδος) was established in 1832 and was the successor state to the First Hellenic Republic.

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Kingdom of Italy

The Kingdom of Italy (Regno d'Italia) was a state that existed from 17 March 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed King of Italy, until 10 June 1946, when the monarchy was abolished, following civil discontent that led to an institutional referendum on 2 June 1946.

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Kingdom of Yugoslavia

The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a country in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1941.

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L'Aquila

L'Aquila is a city and comune in central Italy.

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Libya

Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.

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Military Order of Italy

The Military Order of Italy (Ordine Militare d'Italia) is the highest military order of the Italian Republic and the former Kingdom of Italy.

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Mortier 120mm Rayé Tracté Modèle F1

The MO-120 RT (factory designator) or MO-120-RT is a French heavy mortar.

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Mountain warfare

Mountain warfare or alpine warfare is warfare in mountains or similarly rough terrain.

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Operation Achse

Operation Achse (Axis), originally called Operation Alaric (Unternehmen Alarich), was the codename for the German operation to forcibly disarm the Italian armed forces after Italy's armistice with the Allies on 3 September 1943.

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Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire, historically and colloquially known as the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm centered in Anatolia that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.

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Padua

Padua (Padova; Pàdova, Pàdoa or Pàoa) is a city and comune (municipality) in Veneto, northern Italy, and the capital of the province of Padua.

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Paluzza

Paluzza (Paluce) is a comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Udine in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

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Piave (river)

The Piave (Plavis, German: Ploden) is a river in northern Italy.

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Pindus

The Pindus (also Pindos or Pindhos; Píndos; Pindet; Pindu) is a mountain range located in Northern Greece and Southern Albania.

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Pontebba

Pontebba (Pontafel; Tablja; Ponteibe) is a comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Udine in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

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Red Army

The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Republic and, from 1922, the Soviet Union.

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Royal Italian Army

The Royal Italian Army (Royal Army) (RE) was the land force of the Kingdom of Italy, established with the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy.

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Silver Medal of Military Valor

The Silver Medal of Military Valor (Medaglia d'argento al valor militare) is an Italian medal for gallantry.

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Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.

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Spike (missile)

Spike (Hebrew: ספייק) is an Israeli fire-and-forget anti-tank guided missile and anti-personnel missile with a tandem-charge high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) warhead., it is in its sixth generation.https://www.rafael.co.il/system/spike-nlos/ It was developed and designed by the Israeli company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems.

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Steppe

In physical geography, a steppe is an ecoregion characterized by grassland plains without closed forests except near rivers and lakes.

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Tarvisio

Tarvisio (German and Tarvis; Trbiž) is a comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Udine, in the autonomous Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy.

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Tolmezzo

Tolmezzo (Tumieç; Tolmeč; archaic Tolmein or Schönfeld) is a town and comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Udine, part of the autonomous Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of north-eastern Italy.

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Udine

Udine (Udin; Utinum; Videm) is a city and comune (municipality) in northeastern Italy, in the middle of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, between the Adriatic Sea and the Carnic Alps.

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Venzone

Venzone (Vençon; Pušja vas; Peuscheldorf) is a comune (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Udine in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

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Wehrmacht

The Wehrmacht were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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14th Alpini Regiment

The 14th Alpini Regiment (14° Reggimento Alpini) is an active unit of the Italian Army's mountain infantry speciality, the Alpini, which distinguished itself in combat during World War I and World War II. 8th Alpini Regiment and 14th Alpini Regiment are alpini regiments of Italy.

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15th Alpini Regiment

The 15th Alpini Regiment (15° Reggimento Alpini) is an inactive regiment of the Italian Army's mountain infantry speciality, the Alpini, which distinguished itself in combat during World War I and World War II. 8th Alpini Regiment and 15th Alpini Regiment are alpini regiments of Italy.

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1975 Italian Army reforms

With the 1975 reforms the Italian Army abolished the regimental level and replaced it with brigades made up of multiple arms (including for example armour, infantry, and artillery).

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1st Alpini Regiment

The 1st Alpini Regiment (1° Reggimento Alpini) in an inactive mountain warfare regiment of the Italian Army last based in Pinerolo in Piedmont. 8th Alpini Regiment and 1st Alpini Regiment are alpini regiments of Italy, military units and formations disestablished in 1943, regiments of Italy in World War I and regiments of Italy in World War II.

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2nd Alpine Division "Tridentina"

The 2nd Alpine Division "Tridentina" (2ª Divisione alpina "Tridentina") was a division of the Royal Italian Army during World War II, which specialized in mountain warfare. 8th Alpini Regiment and 2nd Alpine Division "Tridentina" are military units and formations disestablished in 1943.

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2nd Alpini Regiment

The 2nd Alpini Regiment (2° Reggimento Alpini) is a mountain warfare regiment of the Italian Army based in Cuneo in Piedmont. 8th Alpini Regiment and 2nd Alpini Regiment are alpini regiments of Italy, military units and formations disestablished in 1943, regiments of Italy in World War I and regiments of Italy in World War II.

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3rd Alpine Division "Julia"

The 3rd Alpine Division "Julia" (3ª Divisione alpina "Julia") was a division of the Royal Italian Army during World War II, which specialized in mountain warfare. 8th Alpini Regiment and 3rd Alpine Division "Julia" are military units and formations disestablished in 1943.

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3rd Alpini Regiment

The 3rd Alpini Regiment (3° Reggimento Alpini) is a mountain warfare regiment of the Italian Army based in Pinerolo in Piedmont. 8th Alpini Regiment and 3rd Alpini Regiment are alpini regiments of Italy, military units and formations disestablished in 1943, regiments of Italy in World War I and regiments of Italy in World War II.

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4th Alpine Division "Cuneense"

The 4th Alpine Division "Cuneense" (4ª Divisione alpina "Cuneense") was a division of the Royal Italian Army during World War II, which specialized in mountain warfare. 8th Alpini Regiment and 4th Alpine Division "Cuneense" are military units and formations disestablished in 1943.

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4th Alpini Paratroopers Regiment

The 4th Alpini Paratroopers Regiment (4° Reggimento Alpini Paracadutisti) is a special operations forces regiment of the Italian Army based in Montorio Veronese in Veneto. 8th Alpini Regiment and 4th Alpini Paratroopers Regiment are alpini regiments of Italy, military units and formations disestablished in 1943, regiments of Italy in World War I and regiments of Italy in World War II.

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5th Alpini Regiment

The 5th Alpini Regiment (5° Reggimento Alpini) is a mountain warfare regiment of the Italian Army based in Sterzing in South Tyrol. 8th Alpini Regiment and 5th Alpini Regiment are alpini regiments of Italy, military units and formations disestablished in 1943, regiments of Italy in World War I and regiments of Italy in World War II.

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6th Alpini Regiment

The 6th Alpini Regiment (6° Reggimento Alpini) is a mountain warfare training regiment of the Italian Army based in Bruneck in South Tyrol. 8th Alpini Regiment and 6th Alpini Regiment are alpini regiments of Italy, military units and formations disestablished in 1943, regiments of Italy in World War I and regiments of Italy in World War II.

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6th Army (Wehrmacht)

The 6th Army (6.) was a field army of the German Army during World War II.

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7th Alpini Regiment

The 7th Alpini Regiment (7° Reggimento Alpini) is a mountain warfare regiment of the Italian Army based in Belluno in Veneto. 8th Alpini Regiment and 7th Alpini Regiment are alpini regiments of Italy, military units and formations disestablished in 1943, regiments of Italy in World War I and regiments of Italy in World War II.

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8th Alpini Regiment

The 8th Alpini Regiment (8° Reggimento Alpini) is a mountain warfare regiment of the Italian Army based in Venzone in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. 8th Alpini Regiment and 8th Alpini Regiment are alpini regiments of Italy, military units and formations disestablished in 1943, military units and formations established in 1909, military units and formations established in 1949, regiments of Italy in World War I and regiments of Italy in World War II.

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9th Alpini Regiment

The 9th Alpini Regiment (9° Reggimento Alpini) is a mountain warfare regiment of the Italian Army based in L'Aquila in Abruzzo. 8th Alpini Regiment and 9th Alpini Regiment are alpini regiments of Italy, military units and formations disestablished in 1943, regiments of Italy in World War I and regiments of Italy in World War II.

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See also

Alpini regiments of Italy

Military units and formations established in 1909

Regiments of Italy in World War I

Regiments of Italy in World War II

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_Alpini_Regiment

Also known as 8 Alpini Regiment, 8th Special Alpini Regiment, Alpini Battalion "Gemona".

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