for service with the Italian fleet by August 1940. She was named after the Italian victory at Vittorio Veneto during World War I, and she had three sister...
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Littorio-class battleship (redirect from Vittorio Veneto class battleship)
the Vittorio Veneto class, was a class of battleship of the Regia Marina, the Italian navy. The class was composed of four ships—Littorio, Vittorio Veneto...
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Battle of Vittorio Veneto was fought from 24 October to 3 November 1918 (with an armistice taking effect 24 hours later) near Vittorio Veneto on the Italian...
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fleet was led by Admiral Iachino's flagship, the modern battleship Vittorio Veneto, screened by destroyers Alpino, Bersagliere, Fuciliere, and Granatiere...
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1859, the Royal Sardinian Army formed the Regiment Vittorio Emanuele Cavalry with volunteers from Veneto and Romagna, which had arrived in Turin after the...
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Italian battleship Littorio (category Maritime incidents in November 1940)
commissioned on 6 May 1940, and after running additional trials that month, she transferred to Taranto where she—along with Vittorio Veneto—joined the 9th Division...
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Battle of Cape Spartivento (category 1940 in Italy)
night of 17 November, an Italian force consisting of two battleships (Vittorio Veneto and Giulio Cesare) and a number of supporting units attempted to intercept...
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World War II, CRDA Trieste built two battleships for the Regia Marina, Vittorio Veneto and Roma. CRDA survived the postwar shakeup in the shipbuilding industry...
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prevented her from being deployed; instead, along with her sister ships Vittorio Veneto and Littorio, she was used to bolster the anti-aircraft defenses of...
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in 1908 and stricken in 1926 Italian battleship Roma (1940), a battleship of the Vittorio Veneto class commissioned in 1942 and sunk in 1943 This article...
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done at much lower rates. In 1940–1941 gunnery exercises Littorio averaged 30.6 seconds at 18.8 km, and Vittorio Veneto 29.7 seconds at 20.0 km - 1.96...
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designed by Umberto Pugliese. Littorio and Vittorio Veneto were laid down in 1934 and completed in early 1940; a second pair, Roma and Impero, were laid...
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Army in Padua, and the IV Army Corps in Bolzano and V Army Corps in Vittorio Veneto, to be able to circumvent NATO's chain of command in case a war should...
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Vittorio Veneto (October-november 1918). In February 1940, the 8th Army was formed and based in Northern Italy. It was disbanded on 31 October 1940....
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participated in the Second Battle of the Piave River and the Battle of Vittorio Veneto, receiving for his actions two Silver Medals for Military Valor and...
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Vittorio Cini, Conte di Monselice (20 February 1885 – 18 September 1977) was an Italian industrialist and politician, Senator from 1934 to 1943 and minister...
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materialized in November 1918, the Italians launched the Battle of Vittorio Veneto and routed the Austro-Hungarians, a feat that coincided with the collapse...
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player Paolo Casarin (born 1940), Italian former football referee Vittorio Casarin (born 1950), Italian politician from Veneto Horacio Casarín Garcilazo...
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Francesco Domenico Chiarello (category Knights of the Order of Vittorio Veneto)
Francesco Domenico Chiarello (5 November 1898 – 27 June 2008), Knight of Vittorio Veneto, was, together with Fernand Goux of France and seaman Claude Choules...
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commission from 1964 - 1992 Caio Duilio in commission from 1964 - 1989 Vittorio Veneto (1969) - BU 2006 List of battleships of Italy Incrociatori Marina Militare...
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4th Army (Italy) (section Composition (1940))
the successful Battle of the Piave River (June 1918) and Battle of Vittorio Veneto (October–November 1918). Its commanders were : Luigi Nava (May 1915...
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with the main force of Admiral Angelo Iachino, with the battleship Vittorio Veneto and the 3rd Naval Division of Admiral Luigi Sansonetti. Cattaneo's...
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northwest, to lure the British vessels into range for Vittorio Veneto. By about 11:00, Vittorio Veneto had closed the distance enough to open fire, prompting...
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the successful Battle of the Piave River (June 1918) and Battle of Vittorio Veneto (October-November 1918). The 7th Army was formed during several periods...
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northwest, to lure the British vessels into range for Vittorio Veneto. By about 11:00, Vittorio Veneto had closed the distance enough to open fire, prompting...
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promoted to major after the Battle of the solstice and the Battle of Vittorio Veneto in 1918. After the war, Daodice remained hostile to the Fascism becoming...
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Vittorio Veneto, Austria did not lose a battle, but lose the war and itself, dragging Germany in its fall. Without the destructive battle of Vittorio...
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Austrian and 43,000 Italian soldiers were killed. The final battle was at Vittorio Veneto; after 4 days of stiff resistance, Italian troops crossed the Piave...
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Italian City of Vittorio Veneto and consisted of the following units: Division Command "Mantova" (without fixed units), in Vittorio Veneto 132nd Armored...
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drafted men from eastern Veneto and the Friuli region, with a majority of soldiers hailing from the towns of Sacile and Vittorio Veneto. The Puglie was disbanded...
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