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Corps of Volunteer Troops Corpo Truppe Volontarie | |
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Active | December 1936 – April 1939 |
Country | Italy |
Allegiance | Nationalist faction |
Branch | Army |
Type | Infantry |
Role | Motorized infantry |
Size | 70,000 - 75,000 troops (peak) 758 planes |
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Commanders | |
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The Corps of Volunteer Troops (Italian: Corpo Truppe Volontarie, CTV) was a Fascist Italian expeditionary force of military volunteers, which was sent to Spain to support the Nationalist forces under General Francisco Franco against the Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War, 1936–39.[1]