3rd Cavalry Division "Principe Amedeo Duca d'Aosta"

3rd Cavalry Division "Principe Amedeo Duca d'Aosta"
3rd Cavalry Division "Principe Amedeo Duca d'Aosta" insignia
Active1934 – 1943
Country Kingdom of Italy
Branch Royal Italian Army
TypeCavalry
SizeDivision
Part ofItalian Expeditionary Corps in Russia
8th Army
Garrison/HQMilan
EngagementsWorld War II
Insignia
Identification
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Principe Amedeo Duca d'Aosta Division gorget patches

The 3rd Cavalry Division "Principe Amedeo Duca d'Aosta" (Italian: 3ª Divisione celere "Principe Amedeo Duca d'Aosta") was a Cavalry or "Celere" (Fast) division of the Royal Italian Army during World War II. The division was formed in 1934, and during World War II was mobilized in June 1940. As a cavalry division it took part in the Invasion of Yugoslavia and was part of the Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia. Annihilated during the Red Army's Operation Little Saturn in December 1942, the survivors returned to Italy in spring 1943.