During the first years of World War II, the VII Corps saw no action. After the western Allies had landed in French North Africa, the Axis Powers reacted with Case Anton to occupy the Zone Libre, the part of France not occupied in 1940. The plan included the Italian occupation of the French island of Corsica which was to be executed by the VII Corps on 11 November 1942. The Corps remained on Corsica with anti-partisan and coastal defense tasks, until the Armistice of Cassibile. The Corps commander, Giovanni Magli, and most of the Corps' units switched sides and from 13 September to 4 October 1943, in collaboration with French units, fought against the Germans in the Liberation of Corsica.
The Corps remained in Corsica until 20 October 1943, when it was transferred to Sardinia. It was dissolved on 20 September 1944.
army, corps, italy, army, corps, italian, corpo, armata, corps, royal, italian, army, between, 1877, 1944, contents, history, composition, 1943, commanders, referenceshistory, editduring, first, years, world, corps, action, after, western, allies, landed, fren. The VII Army Corps Italian VII Corpo d Armata was a corps of the Royal Italian Army between 1877 and 1944 Contents 1 History 2 Composition 1943 3 Commanders 4 ReferencesHistory editDuring the first years of World War II the VII Corps saw no action After the western Allies had landed in French North Africa the Axis Powers reacted with Case Anton to occupy the Zone Libre the part of France not occupied in 1940 The plan included the Italian occupation of the French island of Corsica which was to be executed by the VII Corps on 11 November 1942 The Corps remained on Corsica with anti partisan and coastal defense tasks until the Armistice of Cassibile The Corps commander Giovanni Magli and most of the Corps units switched sides and from 13 September to 4 October 1943 in collaboration with French units fought against the Germans in the Liberation of Corsica The Corps remained in Corsica until 20 October 1943 when it was transferred to Sardinia It was dissolved on 20 September 1944 Composition 1943 edit20th Infantry Division Friuli 44th Infantry Division Cremona 225th Coastal Division 226th Coastal Division 1 Commanders editAldo Aymonimo 1938 1940 09 01 Vittorio Sogno 1940 09 01 1941 04 15 Unknown 1941 04 05 1941 11 02 Vittorio Sogno 1941 11 03 1942 06 10 Umberto Mondino 1942 06 10 1942 11 30 Giacomo Carboni 1942 11 30 1943 03 18 Giovanni Magli 1943 03 18 1944 09 20 2 References edit Regio Esercito generals dk Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title VII Army Corps Italy amp oldid 1176705577, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
