In World War I the 5th Army was created on 25 May 1916 to help stop the Austrian Trentino Offensive.
[1] It consisted of Its commanders were : The Italian 5th Army was formed in 1939 to defend Libya from the French in Tunisia and Algeria.
The army was disbanded on 16 February 1941 and incorporated into General Headquarters North Africa.
The Army was shortly reformed in North Africa between 15 April 1941 and 5 September 1941.
It was again reformed in Italy on 10 April 1942 to defend Tuscany, Sardinia and from November 1942 also Corsica.