Esercito del Sud

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Esercito del Sud was the Italian royal armed force that, after the 1943 armistice, fought alongside the Allies against Nazi Germany and the Italian Social Republic in southern Italy.

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Esercito del Sud canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed force
military formation
allegiance House of Savoy
alliedWith Allied powers
Free French Forces
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
United States
alsoKnownAs Esercito cobelligerante italiano
Italian Co-Belligerent Army
commander Giovanni Messe NERFINISHED
Pietro Badoglio
Raffaele Cadorna Jr.
linked to: Raffaele Cadorna
conflict Second World War
linked to: World War II
country Kingdom of Italy
dateFormed September 1943
dissolved 1945
endTime 1945
flag flag of the Kingdom of Italy
follows Armistice of Cassibile
garrison Bari
Brindisi
government Royal Government of Italy
hasPart Italian Auxiliary Units
Italian Combat Groups
Italian Liberation Corps
headOfState Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
historicalPeriod 1943–1945
ideology monarchism
language Italian
legalStatus armed forces loyal to the King of Italy after the armistice
location Southern Italy
militaryBranch army
notableEngagement Gothic Line operations
Gustav Line operations
Italian Campaign (Allied advance northward)
linked to: Italian campaign
opponent Italian Social Republic
Nazi Germany
opposedTo Italian Fascism
linked to: Fascism

National Socialism
linked to: Nazism
partOf Italian Co-Belligerent Forces
Royal Italian Army
linked to: Regio Esercito
primaryEnemy Italian Social Republic Armed Forces
Wehrmacht
reorganizedAs Italian Army
role fought alongside the Allies against Axis forces in Italy
startTime 1943
theaterOfOperations Italian Campaign
linked to: Italian campaign

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Italian Co-Belligerent Army alsoKnownAs Esercito del Sud