The 5th Alpini Regiment is a light Infantry regiment of the Italian Army, specializing in Mountain Combat. The Alpini are a mountain infantry corps of the Italian Army, that distinguished itself in combat during World War I (WWI) and World War II (WWII). Coat of Arms of the Italian Army Dardo IFV on exercise in Campo Teulada. ... The Alpini are a highly decorated elite infantry corps of the Italian Army. ... Country Italy Region Lombardy Province Province of Sondrio (SO) Mayor Dr. G. Ciapponi Elevation 242 m Area km² Population  - Total (as of Dec. ... Sterzing-Vipiteno is an Italian commune in the province of Bolzano in Trentino-Alto Adige. ... South Tyrol (German Autonome Provinz Bozen-Südtirol, Italian Provincia autonoma di Bolzano-Alto Adige , Ladin Provinzia autonóma de Bulsan-Südtirol) is an autonomous province of Italy. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ... Combatants Italy Austria-Hungary Commanders Luigi Cadorna Arz von Straussenberg Strength 300,000 + 1,600 guns 100,000 + 500 guns Casualties 23,000 - 30,000 (estimates vary) 9,000 The Battle of Mount Ortigara was fought from June 10 to June 25, 1917 between the Italian and Austro-Hungarian armies... Combatants Italy United Kingdom France United States Image:Flag of Austria-Hungary. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Traditionally light infantry (or skirmishers) were soldiers whose job was to provide a skirmishing screen ahead of the main body of infantry, harassing and delaying the enemy advance. ... British regiment A regiment is a military unit, consisting of a variable number of battalions - commanded by a colonel. ... Coat of Arms of the Italian Army Dardo IFV on exercise in Campo Teulada. ... Mountain warfare refers to warfare in the mountains. ... The Alpini are a highly decorated elite infantry corps of the Italian Army. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

Formation

The 5th Alpini Regiment was formed on November 1st, 1882. It consisted of three Battalions: Val Dora, Moncenisio and Valtellina, named after the valleys and localities from which their soldiers were recruited. In 1886 the Battalions were renamed, taking their new names from the location of their main logistic depot: Morbegno, Tirano, Edolo and the newly formed Vestone. In military terminology, a battalion consists of two to six companies typically commanded by a lieutenant colonel. ... Dora Riparia is an Italian river, a left-hand tributary of the Po. ... Mont Cenis (Italian: Moncenisio) is a massif and pass (2081 m/ 6827 ft) in Savoy (France) which forms the limit between the Cottian and Graian Alps. ... A view of Valtellina The church of Tresivio Valtellina (German Veltlin) is a valley in the Lombardy region of northern Italy, bordering Switzerland. ... Country Italy Region Lombardy Province Province of Sondrio (SO) Mayor Dr. G. Ciapponi Elevation 242 m Area km² Population  - Total (as of Dec. ... Tirano is a town in Valtellina, located in the province of Sondrio, Northern Italy. ... Edolo is a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, located in the High Camonica valley. ... Vestone is a commune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. ...

World War I

During WWI the regiment consisted of 12 battalions and saw heavy fighting in the Alps against Austria’s Kaiserjäger and Germany’s Alpenkorps. The battalions of the 5th regiment in these days were (pre-war raised units in bold):
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• "Morbegno", "Tirano", "Edolo", "Vestone", "Val d'Intelvi", "Val Tellina", "Val Camonica", "Val Chiese", "Monte Spluga", "Stelvio", "Monte Adamello", "Monte Suello".

Interwar Period

On September 10th, 1935 the 2nd Alpini Division “Tridentina” was formed and composed of the 5th Alpini and 6th Alpini Regiments and the 2nd Mountain Artillery Regiment.

World War II

In September 1942 the “Tridentina” division under the command of General Luigi Reverberi was sent together with the Alpini divisions Julia and Cuneense and other Italian units to the Soviet Union to form the ARMIR (Armata Italiana in Russia or Italian Army in Russia) and fight alongside the Germans against the Red Army. Taking up positions along the Don river the Italian units covered part of the left flank of the German Sixth Army, which spearheaded the German summer offensive of 1942 into the city of Stalingrad. The Italian campaign in the Soviet Union started on 14 July 1941, when Benito Mussolini joined Operation Barbarossa by ordering the preparation of an Italian military contingent destined for the Eastern Front. ... Red Army flag The Workers and Peasants Red Army (Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия, Raboche-Krestyanskaya Krasnaya Armiya; RKKA or usually simply the Red Army) were the armed forces first organized by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War in 1918 and that, in 1922, became the army of the Soviet Union. ... The term Don may refer to Donald, a Western name Don (honorific), a Spanish, Portuguese and Italian title, given as a mark of respect A crime boss Don, Nord, a commune of the Nord département in northern France Don (TN), a comune in the province of Trento, in northern... The Sixth Army was a German field army which saw action in World War I and World War II. It is perhaps best known for its involvement in the Battle of Stalingrad. ... Operation Blue(German: Fall Blau) was the German Wehrmachts codename for the 1942 summer offensive. ... Combatants Germany Italy Hungary Romania Slovakia Soviet Union Commanders Maximilian von Weichs Friedrich Paulus # Erich von Manstein Hermann Hoth Italo Garibaldi Gusztav Jany Petre Dumitrescu Constantin Constantinescu Vasiliy Chuikov Aleksandr Vasilyevskiy Georgiy Zhukov Semyon Timoshenko Konstantin Rokossovsky Rodion Malinovsky Strength German Sixth Army German Fourth Panzer Army Romanian Third Army...

After successfully encircling the German Sixth army in Stalingrad the Red Army’s attention turned to the Italian units along the Don. On January 14th, 1943 the Soviet offensive Operation Little Saturn began and the three Alpini division found themselves quickly encircled by the rapidly advancing armoured Soviet Forces. After 12 days of heavy fighting the Julia and Cuneense divisions were completely annihilated. The remnants of the Tridentina were able to break the Soviet encirclement in the epic and desperate Battle of Nikolajewka on January 26, 1943 allowing the 4250 survivors (out of 15000 troops deployed) to reach German lines. The Italian campaign in the Soviet Union started on 14 July 1941, when Benito Mussolini joined Operation Barbarossa by ordering the preparation of an Italian military contingent destined for the Eastern Front. ...

The few survivors of the 5th regiment were repatriated and after the signing of the Italian armistice with the Allies on September 8th, 1943 the regiment dissolved in the vicinty of the Italian city of Bressanone. The Armistice with Italy is an armistice that occurred on September 8, 1943, during World War II. It was signed by Italy and the Allied armed forces, who were occupying the southern half of the country at the time. ... Brixen am Eisack (German) or Bressanone (Italian) is a town in the autonomous province of South Tyrol (part of the autonomous region Trentino-South Tyrol) in northern Italy. ...

The Cold War

After World War 2 the 5th Alpini regiment was reformed on January 1st, 1953 in the city of Merano with the battalions Tirano, and Edolo and became the sole Alpini regiment in the newly formed Orobica Alpini Brigade. When Italy dissolved the regimantal level in 1975 the battalions came under the direct command of the Orobica Brigade and a third battalion Morbegno was formed. The traditions and regimental colours of the 5th Alpini were given to the Morbegno battalion, which carried them until the 5th Alpini regiment was reformed on August 8th, 1992. Merano (Italian: Merano; German: Meran; Ladin: Meran; Latin: Merona; Note that many of the regions Italian languages/dialects use Meran), is a city in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region of Italy. ... Regimental colours, refer to the flag bearing the symbol of the regiment. ...

Today

Today the 5th Regiment consists of the “Morbegno” battalion, the regimental command and a logistic support company. The regiment is based in Vipiteno in the province of Bolzano, making it the north most based regiment of the Italian Army and is part of the Julia Alpini Brigade. Sterzing-Vipiteno is an Italian commune in the province of Bolzano in Trentino-Alto Adige. ... South Tyrol (German Autonome Provinz Bozen-Südtirol, Italian Provincia autonoma di Bolzano-Alto Adige , Ladin Provinzia autonóma de Bulsan-Südtirol) is an autonomous province of Italy. ... Coat of Arms of the Italian Army Dardo IFV on exercise in Campo Teulada. ...

See also

• 7 Alpini Regiment
• 8 Alpini Regiment
• Alpini Brigade Julia
• Italian Army

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