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Bersaglieri Corps (view source)
Revision as of 22:03, September 20, 2016
, 22:03, September 20, 2016→Second World War
The Bersaglieri again fought well during the [[Battle of Kasserine Pass]], with the 5th and 7th Bersaglieri Regiments capturing 2,450 British, American and French troops and covering Rommel's withdrawal.
The Bersaglieri again fought well during the [[Battle of Kasserine Pass]], with the 5th and 7th Bersaglieri Regiments capturing 2,450 British, American and French troops and covering Rommel's withdrawal.
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel had special words of praise for the Bersaglieri, with their commander, Colonel Luigi Bonfatti killed leading the attack.
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel had special words of praise for the Bersaglieri, with their commander, Colonel Luigi Bonfatti killed leading the attack.
The 5th and 10th Bersaglieri Regiments fought as part of the 1st Italian Army around Takrouna during the Battle of Tunis, surrendering on 13 May after defeating the attacks from the British 56th ''Black Cat'' Division and 1st Free French Division, several days after the collapse of the Afrika Korps units facing the US 1st Armoured and 3rd Infantry Divisions on 6 May.
During [[Operation Husky]] (the Allied invasion of Sicily), the 10th, 73rd and 177th Bersaglieri Regiments managed to contain the American advance, but were eventually overwhelmed by Allied air power. Resistance was stiff enough to force the US 1st and 3rd Ranger Battalions to engage in house-to-house combat, with US military historian Samuel Eliot Morison acknowleding that ''"The Italians fought manfully for Agrigento".'' <ref>History of United States Naval Operations in World War II: Sicily - Salerno - Anzio, January 1943 - June 1944, Samuel Eliot Morison, p. 176, University of Illinois Press, 2001</ref>
During [[Operation Husky]] (the Allied invasion of Sicily), the 10th, 73rd and 177th Bersaglieri Regiments managed to contain the American advance, but were eventually overwhelmed by Allied air power. Resistance was stiff enough to force the US 1st and 3rd Ranger Battalions to engage in house-to-house combat, with US military historian Samuel Eliot Morison acknowleding that ''"The Italians fought manfully for Agrigento".'' <ref>History of United States Naval Operations in World War II: Sicily - Salerno - Anzio, January 1943 - June 1944, Samuel Eliot Morison, p. 176, University of Illinois Press, 2001</ref>