The Italian X Army Corps was a formation of the

Italian army The Italian Army ( []) is the Army, land force branch of the Italian Armed Forces. The army's history dates back to the Italian unification in the 1850s and 1860s. The army fought in colonial engagements in China and Italo-Turkish War, Libya. It ...

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

History

The Corps fought in Northern Africa and took part in the

Western Desert Campaign The Western Desert campaign (Desert War) took place in the Sahara Desert, deserts of Egypt and Libya and was the main Theater (warfare), theatre in the North African campaign of the Second World War. Military operations began in June 1940 with ...

until it was destroyed in the

Second Battle of El Alamein The Second Battle of El Alamein (23 October – 11 November 1942) was a battle of the Second World War that took place near the Egyptian Railway station, railway halt of El Alamein. The First Battle of El Alamein and the Battle of Alam el Halfa ...

in November 1942.
From 22 October to 4 November 1942, British attacks destroyed its three dependent divisions (Brescia, Folgore and Pavia).
On November 5, the remnants of the Corps retreated in the direction of Fuka, where the last units were captured on the morning of 7 November. The X Army Corps was dissolved in December 1942.

Composition

in October 1942

* 17th Infantry Division "Pavia" * 27th Infantry Division "Brescia" *

185th Infantry Division "Folgore" 185th Infantry Division "Folgore" () was an airborne forces division of the Royal Italian Army during World War II. The division was formed in Tarquinia near Rome on 1 September 1941. In July 1942 the division was sent to Italian Libya, Libya to ...

Commanders

* Generale di Corpo d'armata Alberto Barbieri (10 June 1940 – 4 August 1941) * Generale di Divisione

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(24 August – 12 December 1941) * Generale di Corpo d'armata Benvenuto Gioda (13 December 1941 – 16 August 1942) * Generale di Divisione

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(17 August – 18 October 1942,

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) * Generale di Divisione

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(interim) * Generale di Divisione Edoardo Nebbia (27 October – 7 November 1942,

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Sources

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Army Corps 10 Italian Army corps of Italy in World War II Western Desert campaign