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XX Motorised Corps (Italy)
The
Italian XX Motorised Corps
was an armoured formation of the
Italian army
.
The Corps
took part in the
Western Desert Campaign
in
World War II
from summer 1941 to 1943. It was also referred to as Mobile
Armoured Corps
.
Order of Battle
El Alamein
Commander
Lieutenant General
Giuseppe de Stefanis
*
8th Army
Artillery Group
* 90th
Engineer
Company
132nd Armoured Division Ariete
, Major General
Francesco Arena
* Cavalry Squadron Nizza Cavalleria
*
132nd Tank Infantry Regiment
*
8th Bersaglieri Regiment
* 132nd
Artillery Regiment
* 32nd Mixed Engineer Battalion
133rd Armoured Division Littorio
, Major General
Gervasio Bitossi
* III Cavalry Squadron Lancieri di Novara
* 133rd
Armoured Regiment
*
12th Bersaglieri Regiment
*
3rd Artillery Regiment
* 133rd Artillery Regiment
101st Motorised Division Trieste
,
Brigadier General
Francisco La Ferla
*
8th Armoured
Bersaglieri Battalion
* 11th
Tank Battalion
*
65th Infantry Regiment
*
66th Infantry Regiment
* 21st Artillery Regiment
* 52nd Mixed
Artillery Battalion