The German Cemetery at El Amamein
Description The Italian Cemetery is a high tower fort standing on a tall hill, with walls covered in marble. Most of the soldiers buried here are Italian from the 10th, 20th and 21st Italian Army Corps lead by General Erwin Rommel.The Battle began on October 23, 1942 and lasted until November 4th. In all, 22,569 Italian soldiers lost their lives in the three years of the North African campaigns of WW II. The Italians fought with obsolete tanks and even smaller self propelled guns, often called steal coffins or steel soap boxes which were fine for fighting infantry, but had little chance against other modern tanks of the era. Italian Forces involved at Alamein Beach: 132nd Ariete Armoured Division 132nd Tank Regiment 8th Bersaglieri Mot. Infantry Rgt Anti-aircraft and support weapons Bln 132nd Artillery Regiment Ramcke Brigade 4 parachute battalions 2nd Artillery Btn 136th Giovani Fascisti Div. Regiment Volontari GG.FF. 136th Artillery Regiment 9th Infantry Btn 15th Engineer Btn 3rd AFV Btn Monferrato 8th Bersaglieri Folgore Airborne Division 185th Airborne Artillery Rgt 186th Airborne Regiment 187th Airborne Regiment 188th Artillery Rgt 8th Combat Sappers Btn. 101st Trieste Infantry Division 65th Infantry regiment 66th Infantry regiment 8th Bersaglieri Btn 9th Bersaglieri Btn 21st Artillery regiment 52nd Engineers Btn 11th Medium tank Btn 27th Brescia Infantry Division 19th Infantry Rgt 20th Infantry Rgt 1st Celere Artillery Rgt 37th Engineers Btn 55th Artillery Rgt 17th Pavia Infantry Division 27th Infantry Rgt 28th Infantry Rgt 26th Artillery Rgt 17th Engineers Btn 102nd Trento Infantry Division 46th Artillery Rgt 61st Infantry regiment 62nd Granatieri di Sardegna Rgt 51st Engineers Btn 25th Bologna Infantry Division 40th Infantry Regiment 205th Artillery Regiment 39th Infantry Regiment 25th Engineers Btn 133th Littorio Armoured Division 133rd Armoured Regiment 12th Bersaglieri Regiment 133rd Artillery Rgt 3rd Lancieri di Novara Btn 33rd Engineers Btn |