XX Army Corps (Italy)

The XX Army Corps was a corps of the Royal Italian Army during World War II. The XX Corps took part in the Western Desert Campaign from summer 1941 to 1943.<br> Between 10 September 1941 and 10 March 1942 the unit was named Maneuver Army Corps ().

Order of Battle at El Alamein

• Commander Lieutenant General Giuseppe De Stefanis
• VIII Army Artillery Group (part)
• 90th Engineer Company
• 132nd Armored Division "Ariete", Major General Francesco Antonio Arena
• 132nd Tank Infantry Regiment
• 8th Bersaglieri Regiment (motorized)
• 132nd Artillery Regiment (motorized)
• Squadrons Group/ Regiment "Nizza Cavalleria" (1st)
• XXXII Mixed Engineer Battalion (motorized)
• 133rd Armored Division "Littorio", Major General Gervasio Bitossi
• 133rd Tank Infantry Regiment
• 12th Bersaglieri Regiment (motorized)
• 3rd Artillery Regiment
• 133rd Artillery Regiment (part)
• III Squadrons Group/ Regiment "Lancieri di Novara" (5th)
• 101st Motorized Division "Trieste", Brigadier General Francesco La Ferla
• 65th Infantry Regiment
• 66th Infantry Regiment
• 21st Artillery Regiment
• VIII Armored Bersaglieri Battalion
• XI Tank Battalion
• LII Mixed Artillery Group

Commanders

• Generale di CA spe Ferdinando Cona (22 January 1939 – 6 February 1941)
• Generale di D fuori quadro Enrico Armando (Commander of Fortress Tripoli)
• Generale di D spe Carlo Spatocco (16 March – 15 August 1941)
• Generale di CA spe Carlo Vecchiarelli (15 August 1941 – 19 January 1942) : Commander of Fortress Tripoli
• Generale di CA spe Gastone Gambara (15 August – 31 December 1941) : Corpo d'Armata di Manovra
• Generale di CA spe Francesco Zingales (19 January – 20 March 1942)
• Generale di D spe Ettore Baldassarre (21 March – 26 June 1942) (KIA)
• Generale di D spe Giuseppe De Stefanis (27 June – 29 November 1942)
• Generale di D spe Gervasio Bitossi (29 November 1942 – 18 February 1943)
• Generale di CA spe Taddeo Orlando (18 February – 13 May 1943) (POW)

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