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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Corps of the Royal Italian Army during World War II}}<br />
The '''XX Army Corps''' was a [[corps]] of the [[Royal Italian Army]] during [[World War II]]. The XX Corps took part in the [[Western Desert Campaign]] from summer 1941 to 1943.<br> Between 10 September 1941 and 10 March 1942 the unit was named Maneuver Army Corps ({{lang-it|Corpo d'Armata di Manovra}}).<ref name="Ufficio Storico">{{cite book |title=Bollettino dell'Archivio dell'Ufficio Storico N.II-3 e 4 2002 |date=2002 |publisher=Ministero della Difesa - Stato Maggiore dell’Esercito - Ufficio Storico |location=Rome |page=167 |url=https://issuu.com/rivista.militare1/docs/bollettino-ii-n.3-4-2002-testo |access-date=20 October 2021}}</ref><br />
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[[File:WesternDesertBattle Area1941 en.svg|thumb|Western Desert campaign, 1940–1943]]<br />
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== Order of Battle at El Alamein ==<br />
* Commander Lieutenant General [[Giuseppe De Stefanis]]<br />
** VIII Army Artillery Group (part)<br />
** 90th Engineer Company<br />
** [[132nd Armored Division "Ariete"]], Major General [[Francesco Antonio Arena]]<br />
*** [[132nd Tank Regiment (Italy)|132nd Tank Infantry Regiment]]<br />
*** [[8th Bersaglieri Regiment]] (motorized)<br />
*** 132nd Artillery Regiment (motorized)<br />
*** Squadrons Group/ [[Regiment "Nizza Cavalleria" (1st)]]<br />
*** XXXII Mixed Engineer Battalion (motorized)<br />
** [[133rd Armored Division "Littorio"]], Major General [[Gervasio Bitossi]]<br />
*** [[133rd Tank Regiment (Italy)|133rd Tank Infantry Regiment]]<br />
*** [[12th Bersaglieri Regiment]] (motorized)<br />
*** 3rd Artillery Regiment<br />
*** 133rd Artillery Regiment (part)<br />
*** III Squadrons Group/ [[Regiment "Lancieri di Novara" (5th)]]<br />
** [[101st Motorized Division "Trieste"]], Brigadier General [[Francesco La Ferla]]<br />
*** 65th Infantry Regiment<br />
*** [[66th Airmobile Infantry Regiment "Trieste"|66th Infantry Regiment]]<br />
*** 21st Artillery Regiment<br />
*** VIII Armored Bersaglieri Battalion<br />
*** XI Tank Battalion<br />
*** LII Mixed Artillery Group<br />
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== Commanders ==<br />
* Generale di CA spe [[Ferdinando Cona]] (22 January 1939 – 6 February 1941)<br />
* Generale di D fuori quadro [[Enrico Armando]] (Commander of Fortress Tripoli)<br />
* Generale di D spe [[Carlo Spatocco]] (16 March – 15 August 1941)<br />
** Generale di CA spe [[Carlo Vecchiarelli]] (15 August 1941 – 19 January 1942) : Commander of Fortress Tripoli<br />
** Generale di CA spe [[Gastone Gambara]] (15 August – 31 December 1941) : Corpo d'Armata di Manovra<ref>[http://www.regioesercito.it/reparti/fanteria/recda20.htm Regio Esercito]</ref><br />
* Generale di CA spe [[Francesco Zingales]] (19 January – 20 March 1942)<br />
* Generale di D spe [[Ettore Baldassarre]] (21 March – 26 June 1942) (KIA)<br />
* Generale di D spe [[Giuseppe De Stefanis]] (27 June – 29 November 1942)<br />
* Generale di D spe [[Gervasio Bitossi]] (29 November 1942 – 18 February 1943)<br />
* Generale di CA spe [[Taddeo Orlando]] (18 February – 13 May 1943) (POW)<ref>[https://www.generals.dk/ generals.dk]</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Large formations of Italy in World War II}}<br />
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[[Category:Army corps of Italy in World War II]]<br />
[[Category:Western Desert campaign]]<br />
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