Discussione:Gabriele Nasci

Are the 4º Corpo d'armata alpino and the Italian Alpine Corps WWII Eastern front the same unit?

Is this: [1] the same unit as this: [2] ?. I dont think so. The first was one of three Italian Army Corps Commands during the Cold War, which was later renamed COMALP (from 1945- 1997 it was the 4th Alpine Army Corps). The 4th had 5 brigades and was tasked to the defend the Italian Alps against the Warsaw Pact. The other corps was a formation created in July 1942 with three Alpine Divisions as part of the 8ª Armata (Regio Esercito), which was destroyed in January 1943. The only connection between the two is that after the war the Italian Army took two of the division names (Julia, Tridentina), which fought to the last man in Russia and awarded them to two of the 4th Corps's brigades. Assayas (msg) 20:08, 12 ott 2017 (CEST)