| 4° Reggimento Alpini | |
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 Coat of Arms of the 4th Alpini Regiment | |
| Active | 1 Nov. 1882 - 8 Sept. 1943 1 January 1946 - 10 October 1975 25 September 2004 - today |
| Country | Italy |
| Branch | Italian Army |
| Type | Alpini |
| Role | Ranger - Parachutist |
| Size | 1 Battalion Monte Cervino Battalion |
| Part of | 1st Alpine Division “Taurinense” 1935 - 1943 Taurinense Alpine Brigade 1946 - 1975 COMALP 2004 - today |
| Garrison/HQ | Bolzano (BZ) |
| Motto | "In adversa ultra adversa" - "Mai strac" |
| Anniversaries | 18 May 1917 - Battle of Monte Vodice |
| Engagements | World War I Battle of Monte Adamello Battle of Monte Vodice Battle of Monte Solarolo Battle of Monte Grappa Battle of Monte Nero Battle of Monte Pasubio Battle of Cosmagnon World War II Battle of Nikolayevka War in Afghanistan |
| Decorations | 1 Croce di Cavaliere dell'O.M.I. 2 Gold Medals for Military Valour 9 Silver Medals for Military Valour 1 Silver Medal for Civil Valour |
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Formation
The 4th Alpini Regiment was formed on November 1st, 1882. It consisted of the three Battalions: Val Pellice, "Val Chisone" and "Val Brenta, named after the valleys and localities from which their soldiers were recruited. A battalion is a Military unit of around 500-1500 men usually consisting of between two and seven companies and typically commanded by a Lieutenant Colonel Torre Pellice is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 45 km southwest of The Brenta is an Italian River that runs from the Autonomous Province of Trento to the Adriatic Sea just south of the Venetian lagoon In 1886 the Battalions were renamed, taking their new names from the location of their main logistic depot: Aosta, Ivrea and Pallanza. Ivrea is a town and commune of the Province of Turin in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy. Verbania is a city and Comune (commune on the shore of Lake Maggiore, Piedmont in northwest Italy.
World War I
During WWI the regiment consisted of 9 battalions and saw heavy fighting in the Alps against Austria’s Kaiserjäger and Germany’s Alpenkorps. The German Empire is the name commonly used in English to describe Germany from 1871 to 1918 when it was a semi- Constitutional monarchy: beginning with the Unification The Alpenkorps was a provisional mountain unit of division size formed by the Imperial German Army during World War I. The battalions of the 4th regiment in these days were (pre-war raised units in bold):
- "Aosta", "Ivrea", "Intra", "Val d'Orco", "Val Baltea", "Val Toce", "Monte Levanna", "Monte Cervino", "Monte Rosa".
The Aosta Battalion distinguished itself in 1917 during heavy combat on Monte Vodice and in 1918 on Monte Solarolo.
Interwar Period
On September 10th, 1935 the 1st Alpine Division “Taurinense” was formed and composed of the 3rd Alpini and 4th Alpini Regiments and the 4th Mountain Artillery Regiment. The 1st Alpine Division Taurinense was a WWII Light Infantry division of the Italian Army, specializing in Mountain Combat. The 3rd Alpini Regiment is a Light Infantry Regiment of the Italian Army, specializing in Mountain Combat. The 4th Mountain Artillery Regiment was a Field artillery Regiment of the Italian Army, specializing in mountain combat. The division participated in 1936 in the Italian conquest of Abyssinia. See also First Italo-Ethiopian War. The Second Italo–Abyssinian War (also referred to as the Second Italo-Ethiopian War) was a
World War II
In 1940 the regiment as part of the Taurinense division fought in the Italian attack on Greece. The Greco-Italian War ( Ελληνοϊταλικός Πόλεμος Ellēnoїtalikós Pólemos or Πόλεμος After the German invasion of Yugoslavia the “Taurinense” performed garrison duties in Montenegro were the regiment disbanded after the signing of the Italian armistice with the Allies on September 8th, 1943. Montenegro ( British English) Montenegrin / Serbian: PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE THE LANGUAGES WITHOUT CONSENSUS ON THE TALK PAGE! The Armistice with Italy was an Armistice signed on September 3 and publicly declared on September 8, 1943, during World War II, between Most of its soldiers joined the Italian Partisan Brigade Garibaldi, which operated in central Yugoslavia. The Yugoslav Partisans, or simply the Partisans, ( Serbo-Croatian, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Slovene: Partizani Garibaldi redirects here for other meanings see Garibaldi (disambiguation. The Yugoslav Front of World War II, also known as the Yugoslav People's Liberation War ( Croatian, Serbian: Narodnooslobodilački rat, Cyrillic
The reformed 4th Alpini Regiment participated in the liberation of Italy as part of the Partisan Piemonte Mountain Corps. Piedmont ( Piemonte; Piedmontese and Occitan: Piemont; French: Piémont) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy.
The Cold War
After World War 2 the 4th Alpini regiment was reforemd with the battalions Aosta, Saluzzo, Susa and Mondovi and formed the basis for the newly founded Alpine Brigade Taurinense. The Alpini Brigade Taurinense is a Light Infantry Brigade of the Italian Army, specializing in Mountain Combat. When Italy dissolved the regimental level in 1975 the battalions came under the direct command of the Taurinense Brigade, except for the Aosta battalion which moved to the Aosta Valley and became a High Altitude Warfare training unit and carried on the traditions and regimental colours of the 4th Alpini. Regimental Colours is the name for the ceremonial flags bearing the symbol of a military Infantry Regiment.
Today
On September 25th, 2004 the 4th Alpini Regiment was reformed as 4° Alpini Paracadutisti (Parachutist Alpini) Regiment in the city of Bolzano. For the mathematician see Bernard Bolzano; for other uses see Bolzano (disambiguation. The Alpini Monte Cervino battalion became its single battalion. The Monte Cervino battalion is one of Italian Army's FOS ( Forces for Special Operations) Today the 4th regiment is one of three Special Forces regiments of the Italian Army. In most countries special forces (SF is a generic term for highly-trained Military teams/units that conduct specialized operations such as Reconnaissance The Italian Army (Esercito Italiano is the ground defense force of the Military of Italy. The Alpini Paracadutisti have recently served Iraq and one company is constantly deployed in Afghanistan. Multi-National Force - Iraq (MNF-I, is a military command, led by the United States that is fighting the Iraq War against Iraqi insurgents or resistants International Security Assistance Force (10 ( ISAF) is a NATO -led security and development mission in Afghanistan established by the United Nations
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