"The 1st Carabinieri Parachute Battalion in North Africa 1941" Topic
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| Tango01 | 19 Jul 2014 10:59 p.m. PST |
Interesting unit. "The Royal Carbineers (Carabinieri Reale) are a paramilitary police force under the direction of the Italian Ministry of Defense (see also this link). They have posts in all Italian cities and towns, and provide the guard of honour to the president of the Italian republic. They also lead on anti-Mafia investigations. Carbinieri have been involved in combat in all military campaigns of Italy since the Napoleonic wars in 1815. They were initially set up as a mounted police force.
Apart from their military police duty, only one combat unit of Carabinieri was involved in Operation CRUSADER, the 1st Carabinieri Parachute Battalion, which was formed in 1940, and based at the Italian army parachute school in Tarquinia. The battalion had a short but interesting history in North Africa. The following is a translation from the website dedicated to the Carabinieri Parachute arm, carabinieriparacadutisti.it. The translation is done with their very kind permission. I have tried to stay true to the Italian original, hence ‘English' instead of ‘Commonwealth'…"
Full article here
link Hope you enjoy!. Amicalement
Armand |
 Legion 4   | 20 Jul 2014 7:57 a.m. PST |
Intersting … another little known unit … |
| Tango01 | 20 Jul 2014 12:37 p.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it my friend. Amicalement
Armand |
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