3rd Alpini Regiment
Italian Campaign
#### Italian Campaign

When the Armistice of Cassibile was announced 287 Alpini were waiting in [Bari](/wiki/Bari "Bari") in Apulia to be shipped to Montenegro as replacements for the "Taurinense" division. On 28 October 1943, these Alpini and the men of the Alpini Battalion "Fenestrelle", who had managed to escape from Montenegro, were grouped together by the [Italian Co\-Belligerent Army](/wiki/Italian_Co-Belligerent_Army "Italian Co-Belligerent Army") in an Alpini Reconnaissance Unit. On 4 December 1943, this unit was reorganized as Alpini Battalion "Taurinense". On 1 January 1944, the battalion was renamed Alpini Battalion "Piemonte". On 19 March 1944, the battalion entered the [Italian Liberation Corps](/wiki/Italian_Liberation_Corps "Italian Liberation Corps"), which fought on the allied side in the [Italian campaign](/wiki/Italian_Campaign_%28World_War_II%29 "Italian Campaign (World War II)"). In June 1944 the Alpini Battalion "Monte Granero" was transferred from Sardinia to Southern Italy, where on 25 June 1944, the Alpini battalions "Piemonte" and "Monte Granero" entered the reformed 3rd Alpini Regiment. The regiment was assigned, together with the [4th Bersaglieri Regiment](/wiki/4th_Bersaglieri_Regiment "4th Bersaglieri Regiment"), to the I Brigade of the Italian Liberation Corps.

On 24 September 1944, the Italian Liberation Corps and [4th Bersaglieri Regiment](/wiki/4th_Bersaglieri_Regiment "4th Bersaglieri Regiment") were disbanded, while on 30 September 1944, the 3rd Alpini Regiment was reorganized as [Special Infantry Regiment "Legnano"](/wiki/Special_Infantry_Regiment_%22Legnano%22 "Special Infantry Regiment "). At the same time the Alpini Battalion "Monte Granero" was disbanded and its personnel integrated into the Alpini Battalion "Piemonte". On 1 October 1944, the Special Infantry Regiment "Legnano" received the Alpini Battalion "Abruzzi", and then consisted of the [Bersaglieri Battalion "Goito"](/wiki/Bersaglieri_Battalion_%22Goito%22 "Bersaglieri Battalion ") and the Alpini battalions "Piemonte" and "Abruzzi". The regiment then joined to the [Combat Group "Legnano"](/wiki/Combat_Group_%22Legnano%22 "Combat Group "), which was equipped with British [materiel](/wiki/Materiel "Materiel") and assigned to the [Polish II Corps](/wiki/II_Corps_%28Poland%29 "II Corps (Poland)") of the [British 8th Army](/wiki/British_8th_Army "British 8th Army"). On 25 November 1944, the Alpini Battalion "Abruzzi" was renamed [Alpini Battalion "L'Aquila"](/wiki/Alpini_Battalion_%22L%27Aquila%22 "Alpini Battalion "). The Combat Group "Legnano"fought on the allied side in the [Italian campaign](/wiki/Italian_Campaign_%28World_War_II%29 "Italian Campaign (World War II)") until the German surrender. For its conduct in September 1943 in Corsica, and its service with the Italian Liberation Corps in the Italian Campaign the Alpini Battalion "Monte Granero" was awarded a [Bronze Medal of Military Valor](/wiki/Bronze_Medal_of_Military_Valor "Bronze Medal of Military Valor"), which was affixed to the 3rd Alpini Regiment's flag and added to the regiment's coat of arms.


Why were the Italian Liberation Corps and 4th Bersaglieri Regiment disbanded in September 1944?