63rd Infantry Regiment "Cagliari"
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The 63rd Infantry Regiment "Cagliari" (Italian: 63° Reggimento Fanteria "Cagliari") is an inactive unit of the Italian Army last based in Albenga. Formed in 1862 the regiment is part of the Italian Army's infantry arm and named for the city of Cagliari in Sardinia.[2]
63rd Infantry Regiment "Cagliari" | |
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63° Reggimento Fanteria "Cagliari" | |
Active | 1 Aug. 1862 — 8 Sept. 1943 1 Oct. 1976 — 30 Nov. 1991[1] |
Country | Italy |
Branch | Italian Army |
Part of | Mechanized Brigade "Gorizia" |
Garrison/HQ | San Lorenzo Isontino |
Motto(s) | "Procedere non recedere" |
Anniversaries | 2 July 1915 - Battle of Polazzo |
Decorations | 2x Military Order of Italy 2x Silver Medals of Military Valor 1x Bronze Medal of Military Valor 1x War Cross of Military Valor 1x Croix de guerre avec Palme de bronze[1] |
Insignia | |
Regimental gorget patches |
The regiment was one of ten infantry regiments formed on 1 August 1862. In 1866, the regiment participated in the Third Italian War of Independence and 1911-12 in the Italo-Turkish War. During World War I, the regiment fought on the Italian front and the Macedonian front. In 1935-36, the regiment participated in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. During World War II, the regiment was assigned to the 59th Infantry Division "Cagliari", with which it fought in the Greco-Italian War. The division was in the southern Peloponnese in Greece, when the Armistice of Cassibile was announced on 8 September 1943 and was soon thereafter disbanded by invading German forces. The regiment was reformed as battalion sized unit in 1976 and disbanded after the end of the Cold War.[2]