Its origins lie in the 8th Army Corps Command based at Napoli, formed as a territorial jurisdiction on 22 March 1877.
Returning briefly to Rome, it was sent to Albania in early November 1940 to participate in the Greco-Italian War under the Eleventh Army.
[1] During January and February 1941, the corps held a front sector at Tepeleni.
It took part in the failed Italian Spring Offensive in March, and in the Italian advance once the Greek retreat began in mid-April as a result of the German invasion of Greece.
[1] VIII Corps remained in Greece on occupation duties, still under Eleventh Army command, with its headquarters at Xylokastro, until the Italian armistice in September 1943, when it was disbanded.