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On May 30, 1941, three weeks before the start of [[Operation Barbarossa]], Mussolini told Army Chief of Staff General [[Carlo Cavallero]] to mobilize the Italian Army in preparation for forthcoming operations in Russia: ''"We must assemble one new motorized division and a second one to be attached to the Grenadier Division near Zagreb."''

On May 30, 1941, three weeks before the start of [[Operation Barbarossa]], Mussolini told Army Chief of Staff General [[Carlo Cavallero]] to mobilize the Italian Army in preparation for forthcoming operations in Russia: ''"We must assemble one new motorized division and a second one to be attached to the Grenadier Division near Zagreb."''

This corp, the ''Corpo Spedzione Italiane in Russia'' (Italian Expeditionary Corps or CSIR) became the most successful Italian army in the war. This army advanced the greatest distance, more than 1,100 kilometers, won many victories, and lost just two battles.<ref>[http://warfarehistorynetwork.com/daily/wwii/italians-on-the-eastern-front-from-barbarossa-to-stalingrad/ Italians on the Eastern Front: From Barbarossa to Stalingrad]</ref>But like General [[Friedrich von Paulus]]'s [[German 6th Army]], the Italian Expeditionary Corps was completely overrun during the [[Battle of Stalingrad]] and has largely been forgotten by historians.

This corp, the ''Corpo Spedzione Italiane in Russia'' (Italian Expeditionary Corps or CSIR) became the most successful Italian army in the war. The CSIR advanced the greatest distance, more than 1,100 kilometers, won many victories, and lost just two battles.<ref>[http://warfarehistorynetwork.com/daily/wwii/italians-on-the-eastern-front-from-barbarossa-to-stalingrad/ Italians on the Eastern Front: From Barbarossa to Stalingrad]</ref>But like General [[Friedrich von Paulus]]'s [[German 6th Army]], the Italian Army in Russia was completely overrun during the [[Battle of Stalingrad]] and has largely been forgotten by historians.

==Sicily==

==Sicily==