During World War II, Alpini divisions where added to a few fronts. In 1942 the Italian expeditionary force finished up being truly delivered regarding Russian front side to aid the Wehrmacht. It included the Alpini Julia, Tridentina and Cuneense divisions. The Italian Alpini took active component at security using this Don front part however they'd been outnumbered and surrounded by the troops in regards to the Red Army. The Alpini divisions had been forced to retreat with a protracted and heroic march, in serious conditions, through cool wastes of Russian steppe. Through the entire retreat these were also tangled up in tough clashes. The most famous will be the battle of Nikolajewka that happened on January1943