"Collection of Italian Military Records, 1935-1943." Topic

"Reproduced on the 514 rolls of this publication, T-821, is a three-part Guide prepared by members of the
staff of the National Archives to describe seized World War II records of the Italian Armed Forces
presently in the care of the National Archives. The records cover the years of World War II through 1943
and include some prewar material.
The main part of the seized records of the Italian Armed Forces was taken by German military forces
from several depositories in various parts of Italy after the surrender of the Italian Government to Allied
Forces in September 1943. these records were administered by the Aktensammelstelle Süd, a records
center originally located at Ingolstadt and later at Munich, which was under the jurisdiction of the
Heeresarchiv Potsdam. In 1945 the records were captured by U.S. Forces during the campaigns in North
Africa and Sicily in 1942 and 1943, and Italian Navy records.
All folders containing Italian records held by the Aktensammelstelle Süd were assigned consecutive
numbers preceded by the symbol IT (for Italy). These numbers extend from IT 1 through IT 5463.
Folders numbered IT 5464 through 6060 were also in the custody of the Aktensammelstelle but had not
been assigned numbers at the time of the capitulation of Germany in May 1945. Later they were given IT
numbers by personnel in Germany under U.S. Army supervision. All other folders containing Italian
records were assigned IT numbers in the National Archives as an extension of the Aktensammelstelle Süd
system. Thus items IT 6061 through 6533 are Italian Air Force manuals, items IT 6534 through 6653 are
Italian Army manuals, items IT 6654 through 6680 are miscellaneous folders of Italian origin culled from
seized German records, items IT 6700 through 6823 are records of Italian combat units captured by U.S.
Forces, and items IT 6824 through 6833 are Italian Navy records (Numbers 6681 through 6699 were left
open). The entire collection totals 502 cubic feet of records…"
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Amicalement
Armand

Speed record forward for tank: .25km/hour

Speed record in reverse for tank: 25km/hour

What a sense of humour….