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3rd Signal Regiment (Italy)
The 3rd Signal Regiment ( it, 3° Reggimento Trasmissioni) is a national support signals regiment of the Italian Army headquartered in Rome in Lazio. The regiment is the army's oldest signals regiment and assigned to the army's Signal Command. The regiment's three battalions operate and maintain the army's signal network in central Italy and Sardinia. The regiment was formed in 1883 as an engineer regiment, which in 1895 became responsible for training the army's telegraph personnel and providing telegraph units to operational units. In 1912 the regiment added the training of radio personnel to its duties. During World War I the regiment formed a total of 127 companies, 59 of which were transferred in 1918 to the newly formed 7th Signal Regiment (Telegraphers). In 1920 the regiment was disbanded and its companies formed into battalions, which were assigned the army's army corps commands. In 1943 the Italian Co-belligerent Army formed a signal battalion for its general staff, whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Army
"The safeguard of the republic shall be the supreme law" , colors = , colors_labels = , march = ''Parata d'Eroi'' ("Heroes's parade") by Francesco Pellegrino, ''4 Maggio'' (May 4) by Fulvio Creux , mascot = , equipment = , equipment_label = , battles = Risorgimento War of 1866Italo-Ethiopian War of 1887–1889 Mahdist WarFirst Italo-Abyssinian WarBoxer Rebellion Italo-Turkish WarWorld War I Second Italo-Abyssinian WarSpanish Civil WarItalian invasion of AlbaniaWorld War IIGulf WarKosovo War 1999 East Timorese crisis Global War on Terrorism *Iraq War * War in Afghanistan , anniversaries = 4 November, National Unity and Armed Forces Day 4 May, Army Day , decorations = 3 Cavalier Crosses of the Military Order of Italy 1 Gold Medal of Military Valor 2 Gold Medals of Civil Valor 1 Silver Medal of Ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lanciano Pass
Lanciano (; nap, label= Abruzzese, Langiàne ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Chieti, part of the Abruzzo region of central Italy. It has 36,304 inhabitants as of 2011. The town is known for the first recorded Catholic Eucharistic Miracle. Lanciano is located about from the Adriatic Sea in an elevated spot. Geography The town is located on hills and its town territory covers from Val di Sangro to Castelfrentano, and its elevation is about above sea level. It is bordered by Atessa, Castel Frentano, Fossacesia, Frisa, Mozzagrogna, Orsogna, Paglieta, Poggiofiorito, Rocca San Giovanni, San Vito Chietino, Sant'Eusanio del Sangro and Treglio. Regarding the climate, the temperature averages about in winter and in summer. It usually snows about three times a year. During the summer there can be sultry days. History The ancient Roman name of Lanciano was ''Anxanum'', a city of the Frentani Italic tribe. The city is said to have been founded in 1181 BC by Solimus, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Eritrea
Italian Eritrea ( it, Colonia Eritrea, "Colony of Eritrea") was a colony of the Kingdom of Italy in the territory of present-day Eritrea. The first Italian establishment in the area was the purchase of Assab by the Rubattino Shipping Company in 1869, which came under government control in 1882. Occupation of Massawa in 1885 and the subsequent expansion of territory would gradually engulf the region and in 1889 borders with the Ethiopian Empire were defined in the Treaty of Wuchale. In 1890 the Colony of Eritrea ( it, Colonia Eritrea) was officially founded. In 1936 the region was integrated into Italian East Africa as the Eritrea Governorate. This would last until Italy's loss of the region in 1941, during the East African campaign of World War II. Italian Eritrea then came under British military administration, which in 1951 fell under United Nations supervision. In September 1952 it became an autonomous part of Ethiopia, until its independence in 1991. History Acquisitio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
4th Engineer Regiment (Italy)
The 4th Engineer Regiment ( it, 4° Reggimento Genio Guastatori) is a military engineer regiment of the Italian Army based in Palermo in Sicily. Today the regiment is the engineer unit of the Mechanized Brigade "Aosta". History On 1 October 1922 the 3rd Army Corps Engineer Grouping was formed in Verona, which received the Sappers Battalion and the Telegraphers Battalion of the V Army Corps, and a miners company from the disbanded Miners Engineer Regiment. The grouping consisted of a command, a sappers-miners battalion, a telegraphers battalion, a photo-electricians company, three dovecotes (in Verona, Trento, and Bolzano), and a depot. On 1 November 1926 the grouping was renamed 4th Engineer Regiment. In February 1928 the regiment provided a telegraphers company and the dovecote in Treviso for the formation of the 11th Engineer Regiment. On 1 February 1931 the regiment formed a Miners-Cableway Battalion, which was transferred on 28 October 1932 to the newly formed 2nd Miners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Train (military)
In military contexts, a train is the logistical transport elements accompanying a military force. Often called a supply train or baggage train, it has the job of providing materiel for their associated combat forces when in the field. When focused on provision of field artillery and its ammunition, it may be termed an artillery train. For sieges, the addition of siege engines to an artillery train was called a siege train. These military terms predate, and do not imply a railway train, though railways are often employed for modern logistics, and can include armoured trains. For armies, this historically usually referred to forces employing wagons, horses, mules, oxen, camels, or even elephants. These can still be useful where difficult weather or topography limit use of railways, trucks, sealift, or airlift. The United States Department of Defense ''Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms'' defined the term "train" as: History Antiquity In the Ancient Macedonian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferrovieri
The Ferrovieri Engineer Regiment ( it, Reggimento Genio Ferrovieri) is a military engineer regiment of the Italian Army based in Castel Maggiore in the Emilia Romagna. Today the regiment is administratively assigned to the army's Engineer Command and is NATO's only unit capable of railway construction and operation. The term "Ferrovieri" comes from the Italian word for railway ( it, Ferrovia) and is used to denote units of the engineer arm tasked with the construction, restoration, maintenance, and operation of railways. Enlisted personnel in such units are addressed by the singular form: "Ferroviere". History Formation The first use of railways for military purposes in Italy occurred in 1859 during the Second Italian War of Independence, when personnel of the 1st Engineer Regiment was trained to operate trains to transport French and Sardinian troops. The law of 30 September 1873 determined that the Royal Sardinian Army's Sappers Corps should be split into two regiments ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2nd Engineer Regiment (Italy)
The 2nd Engineer Regiment ( it, 2° Reggimento Genio Guastatori) is a military engineer regiment of the Italian Army based in Trento in Trentino. Founded in 1860 it is currently the oldest engineer regiment of the Italian Army. Since 1954 it has been part of the COMALP, 4th Alpine Army Corps and therefore has a strong association with the army's mountain infantry corps, the Alpini, with which the regiment shares the distinctive ''Cappello Alpino''. Today the regiment is the engineer unit of the Alpine Brigade "Julia" and specializes in Mountain warfare, mountain combat. History In 1860 the 2nd Sappers Regiment was formed in Piacenza. The regiment was formed with companies transferred from the 1st Engineer Regiment (Italy), Sappers Regiment and sappers companies from the army of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany and the army of the Royal Provinces of Emilia (region), Emilia, which had been integrated into the Royal Sardinian Army. The regiment consisted of a staff, a depot, and three ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Engineer Regiment (Italy)
The 1st Engineer Regiment ( it, 1° Reggimento Genio) is an inactive military engineer unit of the Italian Army, which was last based in Trento in Trentino. Founded in 1848 it is the oldest engineer regiment of the Italian Army. The regiment was formed in 1848 as Sappers Regiment of the Royal Sardinian Army and tasked with training sapper units. The regiment's companies participated in the First Italian War of Independence, Crimean War, Second Italian War of Independence, Third Italian War of Independence, and capture of Rome. After the Italian unification the regiment provided companies or the First Italo-Ethiopian War and two sapper battalions for the Italo-Turkish War. During World War I the regiment's battalions and companies fought in all sectors of the Italian front. After the war the regiment was disbanded, but in November 1926 the regiment was reformed and on this occasion received its own battle flag. During the Second Italo-Ethiopian War and World War II th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florence
Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico anno 2013, datISTAT/ref> Florence was a centre of medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of that era. It is considered by many academics to have been the birthplace of the Renaissance, becoming a major artistic, cultural, commercial, political, economic and financial center. During this time, Florence rose to a position of enormous influence in Italy, Europe, and beyond. Its turbulent political history includes periods of rule by the powerful Medici family and numerous religious and republican revolutions. From 1865 to 1871 the city served as the capital of the Kingdom of Italy (established in 1861). The Florentine dialect forms the base of Standard Italian and it became the language of culture throug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battalion "Gennargentu"
A battalion is a military unit, typically consisting of 300 to 1,200 soldiers commanded by a lieutenant colonel, and subdivided into a number of companies (usually each commanded by a major or a captain). In some countries, battalions are exclusively infantry, while in others battalions are unit-level organizations. The word battalion came into the English language in the 16th century from the French language (French: ''bataillon'' meaning "battle squadron"; Italian: ''battaglione'' meaning the same thing; derived from the Vulgar Latin word ''battalia'' meaning "battle" and from the Latin word ''bauttere'' meaning "to beat" or "to strike"). The first use of the word in English was in the 1580s. Description A battalion comprises two or more primary mission companies which are often of a common type (e.g., infantry, tank, or maintenance), although there are exceptions such as combined arms battalions in the U.S. Army. In addition to the primary mission companies, a battali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
43rd Signal Regiment (Italy)
The 43rd Signal Regiment ( it, 43° Reggimento Trasmissioni) is an inactive signals regiment of the Italian Army. The unit was formed in 1957 as a battalion, which operated and maintained the army's telecommunication network in the Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna regions. In 1975 the battalion was named for the Abetone Pass and received its own flag. In 1993 the battalion entered the newly formed 43rd Signal Regiment, which was disbanded in 1998. After the regiment was disbanded the Battalion "Abetone" was transferred to the 3rd Signal Regiment, which operates and maintains the army's telecommunications network in central Italy and on the island of Sardinia. The regimental anniversary falls, as for all signal units, on June 20, the height of the Second Battle of the Piave River in 1918. History On 1 October 1957 the XLIII Signal Battalion was formed in Florence with the personnel and materiel of the existing 6th and 7th territorial signal companies. The battalion consisted of a com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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