205th Artillery Regiment "Bologna"

The 205th Artillery Regiment "Bologna" (Italian: 205° Reggimento Artiglieria "Bologna") is an inactive field artillery regiment of the Italian Army, which was based in Vercelli in Piedmont.

35 anti-aircraft guns and in April it arrived in Italian Libya, where it joined the division.

14 howitzers to compensate for combat losses suffered by other Italian artillery regiments.

On 18 November the British Eighth Army commenced Operation Crusader and by 5 December the Axis forces were in full retreat.

The regiment was disbanded on 25 September 1942 due to the losses it had suffered in the Battle of Alam el Halfa.

[1][3] On 12 November 1976 the group was assigned the flag and traditions of the 205th Artillery Regiment "Bologna" by decree 846 of the President of the Italian Republic Giovanni Leone.

In 1986 the Italian Army abolished the divisional level and so on 31 October 1986 the Armored Division "Centauro" was disbanded.

On 31 January 1991 the 205th Heavy Field Artillery Group "Lomellina" was disbanded and on 27 February the flag of the 205th Artillery Regiment "Bologna" was returned to the Shrine of the Flags in the Vittoriano in Rome.