[2] On 25 April 1945 the Regiment "Garibaldi" was formed in Viterbo with repatriated survivors of the Italian partisan Division "Garibaldi", which had been formed on 2 December 1943 in Montenegro from the remnants of two Italian divisions, which had refused to surrender to German forces after the announcement of the Armistice of Cassibile on 8 September 1943.

[2] The news of the armistice between Italy and the Allies reached the Italian XIV Army Corps in the evening of 8 September 1943 and due to the lack of any orders from Rome the four divisions of the corps reacted differently and individually to German demands to surrender: the 23rd Infantry Division "Ferrara" surrendered immediately.

The 155th Infantry Division "Emilia" based around Kotor resisted the Germans until 16 September, but under heavy Luftwaffe air attacks chose evacuation by the Italian Regia Marina to Bari.

The 19th Infantry Division "Venezia" based around Berane refused to surrender and allied with Yugoslav partisans.

The division tried to reach Kotor to be evacuated, but in heavy combat lost about half its strength of 14,000 men.

The division consisted of three brigades of 5,000 men each, with the remaining Italians, mostly artillery, signals, engineer, and medical specialists, becoming instructors.

Integrated into the Partisan 2nd Corps the division fought in Montenegro, Herzegovina, Bosnia, and Sandžak until February 1945, when the remaining 3,800 troops were repatriated via the liberated harbour of Dubrovnik.

On 5 September 1945 the regiment joined the Combat Group "Folgore", which had participated on the allied side in the Italian Campaign.

The Folgore had been formed on 25 September 1944 with troops from the 184th Infantry Division "Nembo", which had served with the Italian Liberation Corps in the battles of Filottrano, Castelfidardo, and Ancona.

On 12 December 1968 the wearing of red ties with the formal uniform was officially sanctioned as perpetual tradition of the regiment.

The 11th Bersaglieri Battalion was named for the island of Caprera, where the regiment's namesake Giuseppe Garibaldi had spent the last years of his life.