232nd Signal Regiment (Italy)

In 1975, the battalion was named for the Sella di Fadalto Pass and received the number 232nd, which had been used by the 232nd Connections Company that had served with the 132nd Armored Division "Ariete" during the Western Desert campaign of World War II.

The regiment is assigned to the army's Signal Command and affiliated with the Division "Acqui".

In November 1942, the "Ariete" division and with it the XXXII Mixed Engineer Battalion were destroyed during the Second Battle of El Alamein.

On 8 December 1942, the division and its units were declared lost due to wartime events.

In 1948, the brigade was transferred to the city of Pordenone in the Friuli region in Northern Italy.

On 1 October 1958, the connections company was expanded to Signal Battalion "Ariete", which was based in the city of Casarsa della Delizia.

The battalion was named for the Sella di Fadalto Pass, which connects the cities of Vittorio Veneto and Belluno.

[8] On 12 November 1976, the President of the Italian Republic Giovanni Leone granted with decree 846 the battalion a flag.