U.S. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE REPORTS: ITALY 1918-1941 A Guide to U.S. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE REPORTS: ITALY, 1918-1941 Edited by Dale Reynolds A microfilm project of UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS OF AMERICA, INC. 44 North Market Street • Frederick, MD 21701 NOTE ON SOURCES The documents in this collection can be found at the National Archives, Washington, D.C., Record Group #165, Military Intelligence Division Files: Italy. Copyright © 1985 by University Publications of America All rights reserved. ISNB 0-89093-663-3. TABLE OF CONTENTS Reel Index Reel I Military Affairs 1 Reel II Military Affairs cont 7 Reel III Military Affairs cont 11 Reel IV M ilitary Affairs cont 15 Reel V Military Affairs cont 19 Reel VI Military-Political Affairs 25 Reel VII Military-Political Affairs cont 32 Reel VIII Military-Political Affairs cont 35 Reel IX Military-Aviation 37 Subject Index 41 REEL INDEX Reel I Military Affairs 0001 Report: Order of Battle, Italian Front. February 2, 1918. 14pp. 0015 Report: Czechoslovakian Movement and Army. May 14, 1918. 6pp. 0021 Report: Situation on the Italian Front. May 1, 1918. 4pp. 0025 Report: Czechoslovakian Army Organization. June I, 1918. 2pp. 0027 Report: Military Situation, Italian Front. June 11, 1918. 4pp. 0031 Report: Enemy Prisoners of War. June 18, 1918. Ip. 0032 Report: Italian-Czechoslovak Convention. July 2, 1918. 5pp. 0037 Report: Army Organization. August 6, 1918. 4pp. 0041 Report: Occupation of Albania. August 6, 1918. 7pp. 0048 Report: Aid to Families of Soldiers Killed. September 18, 1918. 2pp. 0050 Report: Military Manpower. October 18, 1918. 6pp. 0056 Report: The Battle of Vittorio. October 1918. 5pp. 0061 Report: Military Manpower. October 30, 1918. 6pp. 0067 Report: Military News. December 29, 1918. 7pp. 0074 Report: Demobilization. January 17, 1919. 4pp. 0078 Report: Demobilization. February 15, 1919. 4pp. 0082 Report: Army Losses in the War. February 27, 1919. 3pp. 0085 Report: Army Losses in the War. March 11, 1919. 18pp. 0103 Report: Italian Troops in France. May 31. 1919. 9pp. 0112 Report: Auxiliary Troops in France. June 2, 1919. 4pp. 0116 Report: War Tactics and Formations. June 25, 1920. 2pp. 0118 Report: Cavalry Action during the 1918 Campaign. N.D. 5pp. 0123 Report: Infantry Organization March 28, 1921. 3pp. 0126 Report: Types of Infantry, June 9, 1921. 4pp. 0130 Report: Infantry Training and Organization. April 22, 1921. 4pp. 0134 Report: Military Situation. May 27, 1921. 3pp. 0137 Report: General Staff Organization. June 9, 1921. 3pp. 0140 Report: Army Reorganization. August 18, 1921. 2pp. 0142 Report: Distribution of Troops. August 24, 1921. 15pp. 0157 Report: Distribution of Troops. October 25, 1921. 2pp. 0159 Report: Army Reorganization. October 21, 1921. 3pp. 0162 Report: Army Administration Development. February 21, 1922. 3pp. 0165 Report: Army Reorganization. June 6, 1922. 2pp. 0167 Report: Reduction of Size of the Carabinieri and Regia Guardia Corps. November 11, 1922. 2pp. 0169 Biographic Report: General Enrico Caviglia. January 5, 1922. 2pp. 0171 Biographic Report: General Pietro Badoglio. January 5, 1922. 2pp. 0173 Biographic Report: The Duke of Aosta. January 7, 1922. Ip. 0174 Biographic Report: Lieutenant General Paolo Morrone. January 7, 1922. Ip. 0175 Biographic Report: General Gaetano Giardino. January 7, 1922. Ip. 0176 Biographic Report: Count Guglielmo Pecori-Giraldi. January 10, 1922. Ip. 0177 Biographic Report: Lieutenant General Francesco Grazioli. January 10, 1922. Ip. 0178 Biographic Report: General Armando Diaz. January 10, 1922. 2pp. 0180 Biographic Report: Lieutenant General Giuseppe Vaccari. January 10, 1922. Ip. 0181 Biographic Report: Lieutenant General Carlo Petiti. January 10, 1922. Ip. 0182 Biographic Report: Lieutenant General Alberico Albricci. January 10, 1922. Ip. 0183 Report: Military Leaders. January 10, 1922. 2pp. 0185 Report: Military Operations in Tripolitania. February 1922. 4pp. 0189 Report: Military Operations in Tripolitania. March 1922. I p. 0190 Report: Military Operations in Tripolitania. May 1922. 3pp. 0193 Report: Military Operations in Tripolitania. June 1922. Ip. 0194 Report: Military Operations in Tripolitania. November 1922. 5pp. 0199 Report: Military Operations in Tripolitania. February 1923. 4pp. 0203 Report: Air Service Activities in Tripolitania. February 19, 1923. Ip. 0204 Report: Military Operations in Tripolitania. March 1923. Ip. 0205 Report: Losses among Italian Colonial Troops. March 15, 1923. I p. 0206 Report: Military Operations in Tripolitania. September 1923. 3pp. 0209 Report: Military Operations in Tripolitania. October 1923. 4pp. 0213 Report: Military Operations in Tripolitania. November 1923. I p. 0214 Report: Military Operations in Tripolitania. December 1923. 4pp. 0218 Report: Military Operations in Tripolitania. January 1924. 4pp. 0222 Report: Air Service Activities in Tripolitania. January 9, 1924. Ip. 0223 Report: Conditions in Tripolitania. January 18, 1924. 2pp. 0225 Report: Military Operations in Tripolitania. February 19, 1924. Ip. 0226 Report: Saharan Groups in Tripolitania. June 30, 1924. Ip. 0227 Report: Fast Moving Military Units. October 20, 1922. 15pp. 0242 Report: Combined Maneuvers with Mobile Troops. December 28, 1923. 11pp. 0253 Report: Italian Theory of Combat. March 20, 1922. 2pp. 0255 Report: Distribution of Troops in the Colonies. May 2, 1922. 2pp. 0257 Report: Fascista Military Organization Regulations. October 9, 1922. 2pp. 0259 Report: Mussolini's Attack on General Badoglio. October 17, 1922. Ip. 0260 Report: Military Aspect of the Fascista "Conquest of Rome." October 31, 1922. 4pp. 0264 Report: Nationalist Militia. November 7, 1922. 2pp. 0266 Report: Italian Tank Corps. October 25, 1924. 4pp. 0270 Report: Italian Tank Corps. January 6, 1925. 2pp. 0272 Report: Military Organization. February 9, 1927.4pp. 0276 Report: Distribution of Troops. February 20, 1927. I p. 0277 Report: Distribution of Troops, Tripolitania. March 23, 1927. 3pp. 0280 Report: Distribution of Troops, Cyrenaica. March 23, 1927. 3pp. 0283 Report: Distribution of Troops, Eritrea. March 23, 1927. 2pp. 0285 Report: Distribution of Troops, Somalia. March 23, 1927. 2pp. 0287 Report: Distribution of Troops. January 24, 1929. 4pp. 0291 Report: Distribution of Troops. June 19, 1930. 5pp. 0296 Report: Distribution of Troops. September 3. 1930. 2pp. 0298 Report: Distribution of Troops, Eritrea. January 26, 1931. 2pp. 0300 Report: Distribution of Troops. August 8, 1931. 8pp. 0308 Report: Organization of Colonial Forces. June 6, 1933. 4pp. 0312 Report: Distribution of Troops. June 21, 1933. 2pp. 0314 Report: Distribution of Troops, Somaliland. December 4. 1933. I p. 0315 Report: Distribution of Troops. May 22, 1934. 8pp. 0323 Report: Distribution of Troops, Western Frontier, June 20, 1934. Ip. 0324 Report: Distribution of Troops. August I, 1934. 2pp. 0326 Report: Distribution of Troops, Austrian Frontier. August 17, 1934. Ip. 0327 Report: Distribution of Troops, Austrian Frontier. September 6, 1934. 2pp. 0329 Report: Distribution of Troops, Somaliland. December 11, 1934. 2pp. 0331 Report: Distribution of Troops. May 21, 1935. 9pp. 0340 Report: Strength of Forces, East Africa. December II, 1935. 8pp. 0348 Report: Strength of Forces, Libya. December 12, 1935. 3pp. 0351 Report: Distribution of Troops. December 13, 1935. Ip. 0352 Report: Distribution of Troops, Libya. April 24, 1936. 4pp. 0356 Report: Distribution of Troops. April 25, 1936. 14pp. 0370 Report: Distribution of Troops. Libya. December 8, 1936. I p. 0371 Report: Distribution of Troops, Libya. April 28, 1937. 2pp. 0373 Report: Independent Commands, Libya. July 8, 1937. Ip. 0374 Report: Distribution of Troops. July 15, 1937. 2pp. 0376 Report: Distribution of Troops, East Africa. December 17, 1937. 2pp. 0378 Report: Distribution of Troops, Libya, Albania, and Dodecanese. December 13, 1939. 3pp. 0381 Report: Distribution of Troops. May 29, 1940. 4pp. 0385 Report: Distribution of Troops. June 10, 1940. Ip. 0386 Report: Distribution of Troops. July 30, 1940. 3pp. 0389 Report: Distribution of Troops, Libya. August 22. 1940. 3pp. 0392 Report: Distribution of Troops, Istria. September 23, 1940. I p. 0393 Report: Order of Battle, Albania. November 1, 1940. 3pp. 0396 Report: Order of Battle, Albania. December 5, 1940. 2pp. 0398 Radiogram: Military Strength. December 7, 1940. 2pp. 0400 Report: Order of Battle, Albania. December 14, 1940. Ip. 0401 Report: Order of Battle, Albania. January 13, 1941. 2pp. 0403 Report: Order of Battle, Libya. January 13. 1941. 2pp. 0405 Report: Order of Battle, Albania. January 1941. 4pp. 0409 Report: Order of Battle, Albania. February 1941. 3pp. 0412 Report: Order of Battle, Albania. March 1941. 3pp. 0415 Report: Order of Battle, Libya. March 1941. 2pp. 0417 Report: Military Pay. December 29, 1922. 3pp. 0420 Report: Military Pay. July 20, 1926. 6pp. 0426 Report: Military Pay. September 8, 1926. I p. 0427 Report: Military Pay. April 23, 1929. 18pp. 0445 Report: Military Pay. September 3. 1929. 10pp. 0455 Report: Military Pay. February 25, 1933. 21pp. 0476 Report: Reduction in Military Pay. May 15, 1934. Ip. 0477 Report: Military Pay. March 3, 1936. 2pp. 0479 Report: Military Pay and Allowances, East Africa. June 7, 1938. 11pp. 0488 Report: National Safety Militia. January 2, 1923. 2pp. 0490 Report: New Status of Militia. August 4, 1924. 3pp. 0493 Report: Organization of Militia for Libya. October 27, 1924. 9pp. 0502 Report: Distribution of Troops. November 20, 1925. 4pp. 0506 Report: Strength of Militia. November 23, 1925. Ip. 0507 Report: Army Reserves.