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8th Alpine Regiment was born the 1st October 1909. It had the "Gemona", "Tolmezzo" and "Cividale" battalions. These are villages in the north-east of Italy, a region called Friuli. It was fire baptized during an Italian-Turkey campaign in 1911.
During first world war it fought the Austrian army in the northern part of Friuli, called Carnia, form the Monte Croce Carnico pass to the Montasio mountains. After the lost of Caporetto battle the regiment moved at west, in a region called Veneto. The fire line goes back for 200 Km and the regiment were redeployed in Col Caprile, Busa Alta, Grappa mountain, Solarolo mountain e Tonale pass.
Between the two world wars was born the Pusteria division with 500 officials, sub officials and soldiers of the 8th alpine regiment. They were deployed in the Italy- Ethiopia campaign.
During the second world war the regiment was a part of the Julia brigade. From the 28 October 1940 it was deployed in the Greece-Albanian campaign. In 1942 the regiment went back in Italy. But the 25 marc nearly all of the Gemona battalion (625 soldiers) dead in the go down cruiser Galilea
In the August 1942 the 8th regiment was sent in RUSSIA with the Julia division, there he knew the glory and the difficulties of the winter and the Russian army. The regiment was dissolved after the 8 September 1943 when the Italy jointed with the american forces. Some soldiers fought the Germany army as partisans. After the war the regiment were constructed again the 1st May 1946 in Tolmezzo. From the 1949 it was a part of the Julia brigade. It was closed again in 1975 during a reorganization of the Italian army.
In 1992 reborn the Gemona battalion and the 8th regiment with new structures and functions. It vas deployed in the Vespri Siciliani, the aim of the operation was to fight the organized crime. In 1994 it was deployed in the peace kipping operation called Albatros in Mozambique.
Now the most important roule of the unit is peace kipping and peace force operations in the Balkan and other foreign nations with the ONU or NATO supervision.