The 2nd Army ( it, 2ª Armata) was a

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and

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field army of the

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World War I

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*General

Pietro Frugoni Pietro Frugoni (Brescia, 21 January 1851 – Brescia, 10 July 1940) was an Italian general of the Kingdom of Italy who actively participated in World War I, especially in the first four Battles of the Isonzo. Appointed lieutenant general in ...

(May 1915 - June 1916) *General

Settimio Piacentini Settimio Piacentini (6 January 1859 – 2 November 1921) was an Italian General of the Kingdom of Italy who actively participated in the World War I, especially in the Sixth and Seventh Battle of the Isonzo. In 1916 he commanded the XVI Italia ...

(July 1916 - June 1917) *General

Luigi Capello Luigi Capello (14 April 1859, in Intra – 25 June 1941, in Rome) was an Italian general, distinguished in both the Italo-Turkish War (1911–12) and World War I. During the Italo-Turkish War he served in Cyrenaica and took part in operations n ...

(June 1917 - October 1917) *General

Luca Montuori Luca Montuori (Avellino, 18 February 1859 – Genoa, 8 March 1952) was an Italian general during World War I. Life Born in Avellino he attended the Italian Military Academy of Torino. At the outbreak of the Italo-Turkish War, he left for L ...

, ad interim (October 1917) *General

(October - November 1917)

World War II

During World War II the 2nd Army was the Italian (Complex Major) Great Unit charged, from 1940 to 1943, of the activities of control and garrison of the occupied or annexed territories of the former

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. 2nd Army ORBAT, depending units: * "Comando Superiore Forze Armate (FF.AA.) di Slovenia e Dalmazia" - "Supersloda" *

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, in

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* VI Corps, in

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* XI Corps, in Southern

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and

* XVIII Corps, from 18 February 1942; General

Quirino Armellini Quirino Armellini (31 January 1889 in Legnaro – 13 January 1975 in Rome) was an Italian military officer, who served as a general in both the Royal Italian Army and the Italian Army. Biography Armellini was commissioned into the Royal Ita ...

then Umberto Spigo around

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responsible for the territories from Graciaz to the

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river * Comando Truppe Montenegro: XIV Corps, in

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(a functionally dependent Command and Great Unit but not a constituent part of the 2nd Army) Initially 250,000 men strong in 15 divisions, the 4 immediately dependent Corps were then reduced to 230,000 men in 13 divisions. The 2nd Army was a second line force with most of the men in their late 30s and early 40s, the only really largely combat ready and effective (Simple Major) Great Unit was the assigned component of the Alpine Division Julia only partially deployed in the yugoslav theatre of operations as a whole unit.
After the

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on September 8, 1943 and the announcement by Italy of war on Germany, all activities ceased and the 2nd Army was dissolved in

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on 11 September.
Parts of the 2nd Italian army were withdrawn into the mountains of Dalmatia and joined the

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, under command of

Josip Broz Tito Josip Broz ( sh-Cyrl, Јосип Броз, ; 7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980), commonly known as Tito (; sh-Cyrl, Тито, links=no, ), was a Yugoslav communist revolutionary and statesman, serving in various positions from 1943 until his deat ...

, which formed the Italian

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. Other parts of the 2nd Army also keep fighting against the Germans along with the Yugoslav partisans in Division Italia (Yugoslavia), during 1944-1945. They helped the Soviet and Bulgarian army fighting against the German army in Croatia, Hungary and Austria.

Commanders

* General

Vittorio Ambrosio Vittorio Ambrosio (28 July 1879 – 19 November 1958) was an Italian general who served in the Italo-Turkish War, World War I, and World War II. During the last phase of World War II Ambrosio supported the fall of Benito Mussolini and Italy's ...

(December 10, 1938 – January 20, 1942) * General

Mario Roatta Mario Roatta (2 February 1887 – 7 January 1968) was an Italian general. After serving in World War I he rose to command the Corpo Truppe Volontarie which assisted Francisco Franco's force during the Spanish Civil War. He was the Deputy Chief o ...

(January 20, 1942 – February 5, 1943) * General

Mario Robotti Mario Robotti (25 November 1882–1955) was a general in the Royal Italian Army who commanded the XI Corps during the World War II Axis invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941. He then became military commander in the province of Ljubljana, the It ...

(February 5, 1943 – September 8, 1943)

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