9th Army (Italy)

The 9th Army was a World War I and World War II field army of the Royal Italian Army.

World War I

After the Battle of Caporetto the Italian Army was completely reorganized by Armando Diaz. The new 9th Italian Army was formed under command of Paolo Morrone.

It consisted of:

It participated as reserve in the successful battles of the Piave River and Vittorio Veneto.

World War II

It was involved in the abortive Italian invasion of Greece in 1940, and the invasion of Yugoslavia in 1941. It then became the Italian garrison of the occupied or annexed territories of the Kingdom of Albania and the Italian governorate of Montenegro until the Italian surrender in 1943.
Its commanders were