The Logistic Regiment "Sassari" (Italian: Reggimento Logistico "Sassari") is a military logistics regiment of the Italian Army based in Cagliari in Sardinia. The regiment is the logistic unit of the Mechanized Brigade "Sassari" and was assigned the flag of the Logistic Battalion "Cremona", which was stationed in Sardinia during the World War II.[2][3][4][5] The regiment's anniversary falls, as for all units of the Italian Army's Transport and Materiel Corps, on 22 May, the anniversary of the Royal Italian Army's first major use of automobiles to transport reinforcements to the Asiago plateau to counter the Austro-Hungarian Asiago Offensive in May 1916.[6]
| Logistic Regiment "Sassari" | |
|---|---|
| Reggimento Logistico "Sassari" | |
 Regimental coat of arms | |
| Active | 1 Nov. 2019 — today |
| Country |  Italy |
| Branch | Italian Army |
| Type | Military logistics |
| Part of | Mechanized Brigade "Sassari" |
| Garrison/HQ | Cagliari |
| Motto(s) | "Alacre nel lavoro, forte nella battaglia" |
| Anniversaries | 22 May 1916 - Battle of Asiago |
| Decorations |  1× Silver Cross of Army Merit[1] |
| Insignia | |
| Unit gorget patches |  |
History
editThe establishment of a logistic unit for the Mechanized Brigade "Sassari" began in March 2019.[7] In June 2019, the Italian Parliament authorized the establishment of the logistic regiment.[8][9]
On 1 November 2019, the regiment was declared operational and received the flag of the Logistic Battalion "Cremona".[2] On 29 November 2019, the regiment's troops took their oath in front of the newly arrived the flag.[5]
The Logistic Battalion "Cremona" is the spiritual successor of the logistic units of the 44th Infantry Division "Cremona", which since March 1941 was deployed to Sardinia. In fall 1942, the "Cremona" division was sent, together with the 20th Infantry Division "Friuli", to occupy the island of Corsica. In the evening of 8 September 1943, the Armistice of Cassibile, which ended hostilities between the Kingdom of Italy and the Anglo-American Allies, was announced by General Dwight D. Eisenhower on Radio Algiers and by Marshal Pietro Badoglio on Italian radio. The next day the "Friuli" division and "Cremona" division fought the German Sturmbrigade Reichsführer SS and 90th Panzergrenadier Division, which were retreating through Corsica to the harbour of Bastia in the island's North. The "Friuli" and "Cremona" divisions then moved to Sardinia and joined the Italian Co-belligerent Army. In fall 1944, the "Cremona" division was reorganized as Combat Group "Cremona", which fought on the allied side in the Italian campaign. On 30 April 1945, the Combat Group "Cremona" liberated Venice.[10]
After World War II the combat group was renamed Infantry Division "Cremona" and moved to the city of Turin. As part of the 1975 army reform the "Cremona" division was reorganized as Motorized Brigade "Cremona" and on 30 October 1975, the division's services grouping command was reorganized as Logistic Battalion "Cremona", which received the traditions of all preceding logistic, transport, medical, maintenance, and supply units bearing the name "Cremona".[10]
On 5 November 1996, the Logistic Battalion "Cremona" was disbanded and the following 13 November the battalion's flag was transferred to the Shrine of the Flags in the Vittoriano in Rome for safekeeping. On 28 October 2019, the commander of the Logistic Regiment "Sassari" and the regiment's flag team retrieved the flag of the Logistic Battalion "Cremona" in the Vittoriano and transferred it to Sardinia, where the following 1 November, the flag was paraded in front of the assembled regiment, which then took officially possession of the flag.[10]
Organization
editAs of 2024 the Logistic Regiment "Sassari" is organized as follows:[11]
See also
editExternal links
editReferences
edit- ^ "108° Anniversario della Brigata "Sassari"". Italian Army. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Reggimento Logistico "Sassari"". Italian Army. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
- ^ "Istituito a Cagliari il Reggimento Logistico "Sassari"". Italian Army. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
- ^ "Istituito il Reggimento logistico Sassari: nuova unità operativa per i 'Dimonios'". Sardiniapost.it. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
- ^ a b "A Cagliari Reggimento logistico"Sassari" - Sardegna". Agenzia ANSA. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
- ^ "Arma dei Trasporti e Materiali - La Storia". Italian Army. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
- ^ "Esercito, Solinas "bene nuovo reparto" - Sardegna". Agenzia ANSA. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
- ^ Caria, Antonio. "Brigata Sassari. Deidda (FDI): "Entro l'anno la costituzione del reggimento logistico"". Sardegnalive.net. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
- ^ "Esercito, i marescialli viterbesi protagonisti dell'esercitazione "Devil's fork"". Tusciaweb.eu. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
- ^ a b c F. dell'Uomo, R. Puletti (1998). L'Esercito Italiano verso il 2000 - Vol. Primo - Tomo II. Rome: SME - Ufficio Storico. p. 376.
- ^ "Reggimento Logistico "Sassari"". Ministero della Difesa. Retrieved 17 October 2024.