Editing Carabinieri (section)

== War service ==
[[File:2june2006 134.jpg|thumb|1st Paratroopers [[Carabinieri Regiment "Tuscania"]]]]
The main battles in which the Carabinieri took part before World War I are:

* Grenoble, 5 July 1815, part of the [[Napoleonic Wars]]
* [[Battle of Pastrengo]], 30 April 1848 –  the Carabinieri Corps was awarded its first [[Silver Medal of Military Valor]]
* [[Battle of Santa Lucia]], 6 May 1848 –  the Carabinieri Corps was awarded its first [[Bronze Medal of Military Valor]]
* [[Battle of Custoza (1848)|Battle of Custoza]], 24–25 July 1848
* [[Battle of Custoza (1866)|Battle of Custoza]], 24 June 1866
* [[Capture of Rome]], 20 September 1870 (together with the [[Bersaglieri]])

For its contributions during the First World War, the Corps was awarded its first [[Gold Medal of Military Valor]]

In World War II, Carabinieri fought in the following battles:<ref name="milhist" />
* Battle of Klisoura on the Greek-Albanian front from 16 to 30 December 1940 [[Bronze Medal of Military Valor]]
* Battle at Cafe Struga on the Albanian-Yugoslav front on 18 April 1941
* [[Battle of Culqualber]] (Ethiopia), 6 August-21 November 1941 –  Corps was awarded its second [[Gold Medal of Military Valor]]

From 1943 to 1945, the Carabinieri were accountable to the Control Commission of the [[Allied Military Government]] (AMGOT). Their reorganization and reform was organized by Colonel [[Arthur Young (police officer)|Arthur Young]], a British [[police officer]] seconded as Director of Public Safety and Director of Security.