10th Bersaglieri Regiment

10th Bersaglieri Regiment
10° Reggimento Bersaglieri
Regimental coat of arms
Active	1 Jan. 1871 — 13 May 1943
Country	Italy
Branch	Royal Italian Army
Garrison/HQ	Palermo
Motto(s)	"In flammis flamma"
Anniversaries	18 June 1836
Decorations	1x Military Order of Italy 1x Bronze Medal of Military Valor
Insignia
Bersaglieri gorget patches

The 10th Bersaglieri Regiment (Italian: 10° Reggimento Bersaglieri) is an inactive unit of the Italian Army last based in Palermo in Sicily. The regiment is part of the Italian Army's infantry corps' Bersaglieri speciality. The regiment was formed in 1871 by the Royal Italian Army with preexisting battalions. In 1914 the regiment was sent to Albania, where it remained for the duration of World War I.^[1]

During World War II the regiment was sent to Libya in December 1940, where it fought in the Western Desert campaign. Soon after arriving in North Africa the regiment was overcome during Operation Compass. The regiment was reformed in Italy and sent in November 1942 to Tunisia, where it fought in the Tunisian campaign and was overcome in May 1943. In June 1943 the regiment was reformed once more and fought the following month against allied forces landing in Sicily. By the end of July, the regiment was overcome for a third time and disbanded. The regiment's anniversary falls, as for all Bersaglieri units, on 18 June 1836, the day the Bersaglieri speciality was founded. ^[1]