Cremona Motorized Brigade

Brigata Motorizzata Cremona
Coat of Arms of the Cremona Motorized Brigade
Active	29 August 1859 - 1926 30 October 1975 - 15 November 1996
Country	Italy
Branch	Italian Army
Type	Infantry
Part of	3rd Army Corps
Garrison/HQ	Turin

The Cremona Motorized Brigade was an infantry brigade of the Italian Army. The brigade's headquarters was in the city of Turin. The brigade carried on the name and traditions of the 44th Infantry Division Cremona.

The Cremona Brigade was formed with the 21st and 22nd infantry regiments on 29 August 1859 in Genoa. Along with the Brescia Brigade in Bergamo and the 6th Field Artillery Regiment it formed the 6th Division of the Line. The brigade was quickly sent to Southern Italy to suppress the popular revolt of the peasant population against the annexation of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies into the new Kingdom of Italy.

During the Third Italian War of Independence the brigade participated in General Enrico Cialdinis march from the lower Po river to Isonzo river in July 1866.

At the outbreak of hostilities between Kingdom of Italy and the Austrian Empire in 1915 the Cremona along with the Friuli Brigade formed the 16th Division of the Line. For next years the brigade was on the Isonzo front and participated in the twelve Battles of the Isonzo. After the Italian Armys collapse after the Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo the brigade managed to retreat to the Piave front, but had to absorb the remnants of the Tortona Brigade to compensate for the heavy amount of casualties it had suffered. In 1918 the brigade fought in the second and third Battles of Monte Grappa.