The Italian Army published its official history between 1927 and 1988 – interrupted by the Second World War – under the title of “L’Esercito Italiano nella Grande Guerra 1915-1918” (“The Italian Army in the Great War 1915-1918”). The history stretches over seven volumes divided into 37 books and is accompanied by panoramic sketches, topographical maps and task orders, comprising about 17,000 pages. Of particular interest to researchers and scholars is a synthesis of combat unit diaries written during the war.

The first four volumes are availabe at the Italian Ministry of Defense’s website, unfortunately only as a page viewer and not as a PDF. Additionally, these days, most of the time the Server which hosts the book images is mostly offline. However, we’ll keep the links here for reference.

Le Forze Belligeranti – vol.I – covers belligerent forces

Le Forze Belligeranti​ – vol. I-bis

Le Operzioni del 1915 – vol. II-1 – The 1915 operations

Le Operazioni del 1915 – vol. II-2

Le Operzioni del 1916 – vol. III book 1-1 – The 1916 Operations

Le Operazioni del 1916 – vol. III book 1-2

Le Operazioni del 1916 – vol. III book 2-1

Le Operazioni del 1916 – vol. III book 2-2

Le Operazioni del 1916 – vol. III book 3-1

Le operazioni del 1916 – vol. III book 3-2

Le operazioni del 1917 – vol. IV book 1-1 – The 1917 Operations

Le Operazioni del 1917 – vol. IV book 1-2

Le Operazioni del  1917 – vol. IV book 2-1

Le Operazioni del 1917 – vol. IV book 2-2

Le Operazioni del  1917 – vol. IV book 3-1

Le Operazioni del 1917 – vol. IV book 3-2

Volume V: The war in 1918.

Volume VI: Instructions of tactics

Volume VII: Operations outside the national territory: Albania, Macedonia and the Middle East.