XX Army Corps (Italy)

The XX Army Corps was a corps of the Royal Italian Army during World War II. The XX Corps took part in the Western Desert Campaign from summer 1941 to 1943.
Between 10 September 1941 and 10 March 1942 the unit was named Maneuver Army Corps (Italian: Corpo d'Armata di Manovra).[1]

Western Desert campaign, 1940–1943

Order of Battle at El Alamein

Commanders
  • Generale di CA spe Ferdinando Cona (22 January 1939 – 6 February 1941)
  • Generale di D fuori quadro Enrico Armando (Commander of Fortress Tripoli)
  • Generale di D spe Carlo Spatocco (16 March – 15 August 1941)
    • Generale di CA spe Carlo Vecchiarelli (15 August 1941 – 19 January 1942) : Commander of Fortress Tripoli
    • Generale di CA spe Gastone Gambara (15 August – 31 December 1941) : Corpo d'Armata di Manovra[2]
  • Generale di CA spe Francesco Zingales (19 January – 20 March 1942)
  • Generale di D spe Ettore Baldassarre (21 March – 26 June 1942) (KIA)
  • Generale di D spe Giuseppe De Stefanis (27 June – 29 November 1942)
  • Generale di D spe Gervasio Bitossi (29 November 1942 – 18 February 1943)
  • Generale di CA spe Taddeo Orlando (18 February – 13 May 1943) (POW)[3]

References
  1. Bollettino dell'Archivio dell'Ufficio Storico N.II-3 e 4 2002. Rome: Ministero della Difesa - Stato Maggiore dell’Esercito - Ufficio Storico. 2002. p. 167. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  2. Regio Esercito
  3. generals.dk
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