19th Artillery Regiment "Venezia"
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The 19th Artillery Regiment "Venezia" (Italian: 19° Reggimento Artiglieria "Venezia") is an inactive field artillery regiment of the Italian Army, which was based in Sequals in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Originally an artillery regiment of the Royal Italian Army, the regiment was formed in 1888 and served in World War I on the Italian front. In 1935 the regiment was assigned to the 19th Infantry Division "Gavinana", which participated in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. In 1939 the division was renamed 19th Infantry Division "Venezia". The division fought in the Greco-Italian War of World War II and then remained in Yugoslavia on anti-partisan duty. The division and regiment were located in Montenegro, when the Armistice of Cassibile was announced on 8 September 1943. The division resisted German demands to surrender and on 10 October entered the 2nd Corps of the Yugoslav National Liberation Army. On 1 December 1943 the division was disbanded and the regiment's personnel entered the Partisan Division "Garibaldi".[3]
19th Artillery Regiment "Venezia" | |
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19° Reggimento Artiglieria "Venezia" | |
Active | 1 Nov. 1888 – 1 Dec. 1943 1 Dec. 1975 – 8 Oct. 1993 |
Country | Italy |
Branch | Italian Army |
Part of | Armored Brigade "Ariete" |
Garrison/HQ | Sequals |
Motto(s) | "Certamen honor et gloria" |
Anniversaries | 15 June 1918 - Second Battle of the Piave River |
Decorations | 1x Gold Medal of Military Valor[1] 2x Bronze Medals of Military Valor 1× Bronze Medal of Army Valor[2] |
Insignia | |
Regimental gorget patches |
The unit was reformed in 1975 as 19th Self-propelled Field Artillery Group "Rialto" and assigned to the 8th Mechanized Brigade "Garibaldi". In 1993 the group was disbanded and its personnel, materiel, and base were assigned to the 132nd Self-propelled Field Artillery Regiment "Ariete".[3][4] The regimental anniversary falls, as for all Italian Army artillery regiments, on June 15, the beginning of the Second Battle of the Piave River in 1918.[3]