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
Active	1934 – 1943
Country	Kingdom of Italy
Branch	Royal Italian Army
Type	Cavalry
Size	Division
Part of	Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia 8th Army
Garrison/HQ	Milan
Engagements	World War II Yugoslavia Stalino Nikolayevka
Insignia
Identification symbol	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.