The battalion is the spiritual successor of the logistic units of the
44th Infantry Division "Cremona", which in March 1941 was transferred from
Tuscany to
Sardinia. On 11 November 1942, after the
Allies had landed in French North Africa Italy and Germany occupied
Vichy France in
Operation Anton. As part of the operation the "Cremona" division was ferried from Sardinia to
Corsica, where the division occupied the southern half of the island. 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. After the operations in Corsica the "Cremona" division returned to Sardinia and joined the
Italian Co-belligerent Army. In September 1944 the division was reduced to two infantry regiments (
21st Infantry Regiment "Cremona" and
22nd Infantry Regiment "Cremona") and one artillery regiment (
7th Artillery Regiment "Cremona"). The division was equipped with British weapons and
materiel and renamed
Combat Group "Cremona". On 12 January 1945, the combat group entered the front as part of the British
V Corps. In April 1945, when allied forces achieved a major breakthrough during the
1945 spring offensive, the Combat Group "Cremona" advanced towards Venice and liberated the city on 30 April 1945. On 12 November 1976, the
President of the Italian Republic Giovanni Leone granted with decree 846 the battalion a
flag. On 1 October 1981, the battalion was reorganized and consisted afterwards of the following units: == See also ==