Arditi
Sign in to saveArditi (from the Italian verb ardire, 'to dare', and translates as "The Daring [Ones]") was the name adopted by a Royal Italian Army elite special force of World War I. They and the opposing German Stormtroopers were the first modern shock troops, and they have been called "the most feared corps by opposing armies".
Key facts
- Military unit.unit_name
- Arditi
- Military unit.image
- Italian Arditi.jpg
- Military unit.image_size
- 300px
- Military unit.caption
- Members of the Arditi corps, 1918, wielding daggers
- Military unit.dates
- 1917–1920
- Military unit.type
- Shock troops
- Military unit.size
- 18,000 (total served)
- Military unit.garrison
- Military training area,Sdricca di Manzano, near Friuli
- Military unit.nickname
- Fiamme nere('Black flames')
- Military unit.motto
- "A chi sarà sempre riservata la gloria e la gioia di osare l'impossibile? "A NOI!"" ('Who will always be given the glory and the joy of daring the impossible? "TO US!"') "O la vittoria, o tutti accoppati!" ('We either win, or we all die!')
- Military unit.colors
- Black
- Military unit.march
- Fiamme nere
- Military unit.identification_symbol
- 80px
- Military unit.identification_symbol_label
- Gorget Patches
- Military unit.identification_symbol_2
- 80px
- Military unit.identification_symbol_2_label
- Arm Badge
- Military unit.identification_symbol_3
- 80px
- Military unit.identification_symbol_3_label
- Cap Badge
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Encyclopedic overview
22 sectionsContents
- World War I
- Early experiments
- Establishment
- The Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo and its aftermath
- The Retreat of Caporetto
- The First Battle of the Piave and the reorganization
- The Battle of the Three Mountains
- Spring 1918
- The Second Battle of the Piave
- Last months of war
- The Battle of Vittorio Veneto
- Assault Battalions abroad
- Training
- Uniform
- Equipment
- Under fascism
- The Arditi del Popolo
- World War II
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
Arditi (from the Italian verb ardire, 'to dare', and translates as "The Daring [Ones]") was the name adopted by a Royal Italian Army elite special force of World War I. They and the opposing German Stormtroopers were the first modern shock troops, and they have been called "the most feared corps by opposing armies".
''Reparti d'Assalto'' ('Assault units') were formed in the summer of 1917 by Colonel Bassi, and were assigned the tactical role of shock troops, breaching enemy defenses in order to prepare the way for a broad infantry advance. The Arditi were not units within infantry divisions, but were considered a separate combat arm.
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