Italian machine-gun crew in action on the Macedonian Front, ca. 1917.

During the First World War the Italians sent their 35th Infantry Division to fight alongside the other Allies on the Macedonian Front.

The 35th Division arrived in Macedonia in August 1916.

Officially fighting within the French Army of the Orient, the Italians soon found themselves participating in the Monastir Offensive in September 1916, suffering some 1,000 casualties.

By the end of the First World War the Italian 35th Division had suffered 8,324 casualties on the Macedonian Front, including 2,971 deaths or missing with another 5,353 wounded.

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