Regiment "Lancieri di Montebello" (8th)
military unit
The Regiment "Lancieri di Montebello" (8th) (Italian: Reggimento "Lancieri di Montebello" (8°) - "Lancers of Montebello") is a cavalry unit of the Italian Army based in Rome. The regiment is the reconnaissance unit of the Mechanized Brigade "Granatieri di Sardegna" and performs guard and public duties in Rome. In September 1859, after being victorious in the Second Italian War of Independence, the Royal Sardinian Army formed three new cavalry regiments, among them the Regiment "Cavalleggeri di Montebello", which was named for the Battle of Montebello, that had been fought on 20 May of the same year. Thus the regiment became the only Italian Army cavalry regiment named for a battle. In June 1860, the regiment was renamed Regiment "Lancieri di Montebello". In 1866, the regiment fought in the Third Italian War of Independence. In World War I the regiment's squadrons fought on the Italian front. After the war the regiment was disbanded.
During World War II the regiment was reformed as Armored Reconnaissance Grouping "Lancieri di Montebello". After the announcement of the Armistice of Cassibile on 8 September 1943, the grouping fought in the defence of Rome against the invading German forces.
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