33rd Infantry Regiment "Livorno"
inactive Italian Army infantry unit
The 33rd Infantry Regiment "Livorno" (Italian: 33° Reggimento Fanteria "Livorno") is an inactive unit of the Italian Army last based in Fogliano Redipuglia. The regiment is named for the city of Livorno and part of the Italian Army's infantry arm. The regiment was one of five line infantry regiments formed by the Provisional Government of Tuscany on 5 May 1859 during the Second Italian War of Independence. In 1860, the regiment joined the Royal Sardinian Army. In 1866, the 33rd Infantry Regiment participated in the Third Italian War of Independence. In World War I the regiment fought on the Italian front.
During World War II, the regiment was assigned to the 4th Infantry Division "Livorno", with which it fought in 1940 in the Italian invasion of France. In 1942, the "Livorno" division was sent to Sicily, where the division and its regiments suffered heavy losses during the allied Operation Husky in July 1943. The remnants of the division returned to their bases in Piedmont, where the division was disbanded by invading German forces after the announcement of the Armistice of Cassibile on 8 September 1943.
In 1976, the regiment's flag and traditions were assigned to the 33rd Infantry Fortification Battalion "Ardenza", which was assigned to the Mechanized Brigade "Gorizia".
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