Maletti Group
The Maletti Group (Raggruppamento Maletti) was an ad hoc mechanised unit formed by the Italian Royal Army (Regio Esercito) in Italian North Africa (Africa Settentrionale Italiana or ASI), during the initial stages of the Western Desert Campaign of World War II. The Italian army had three armoured divisions in Europe but all were needed for the occupation of Albania and the forthcoming invasion of Greece, which began on 28 October 1940. The Maletti Group was formed in June 1940, as part of the 10th Army (General Mario Berti) and contained all of the M11/39 medium tanks in Libya.
Wikipage redirect
primaryTopic
Maletti Group
The Maletti Group (Raggruppamento Maletti) was an ad hoc mechanised unit formed by the Italian Royal Army (Regio Esercito) in Italian North Africa (Africa Settentrionale Italiana or ASI), during the initial stages of the Western Desert Campaign of World War II. The Italian army had three armoured divisions in Europe but all were needed for the occupation of Albania and the forthcoming invasion of Greece, which began on 28 October 1940. The Maletti Group was formed in June 1940, as part of the 10th Army (General Mario Berti) and contained all of the M11/39 medium tanks in Libya.
has abstract
Il Raggruppamento sahariano "M ...... te la seconda guerra mondiale.
@it
The Maletti Group (Raggruppame ...... itish occupation of Cyrenaica.
@en
commander
military unit size
2 tank battalions
6 infantry battalions
Link from a Wikipage to an external page
Wikipage page ID
19,115,707
Wikipage revision ID
735,723,183
Caption
Captured L3/35 and L3 cc tankettes outside Bardia, Libya 1941
commander1 label
dates
June–December 1940
disbanded
native name
Raggruppamento Maletti
subject
hypernym
comment
Il Raggruppamento sahariano "M ...... te la seconda guerra mondiale.
@it
The Maletti Group (Raggruppame ...... M11/39 medium tanks in Libya.
@en
label
Maletti Group
@en
Raggruppamento sahariano "Maletti"
@it
wasDerivedFrom
depiction
homepage
isPrimaryTopicOf
name
Maletti Group
@en