Constitution
The Cadore was constituted on 1 July 1953 in the city of Belluno. The brigade’s name Cadore alludes to the Cadore Alps in the northernmost part of the province of Belluno. Most of the brigades recruits came from the north-eastern Veneto Region. The brigade was tasked with defending the Piave valley against an attack by forces of the Warsaw Pact. The brigade’s strength was around 3600 men and initially it was composed of the:
- 7th Alpini Regiment with the battalions
- Headquarter Platoon
- Pieve di Cadore
- Belluno
- 7th Mortar Company
- 6th Mountain Artillery Regiment with the groups
- Lanzo
- Pieve di Cadore
- Agordo
- Logistic Battalion (from 1956 onwards)
- Cadore Engineer Company
- Cadore Signal Company
In the following years the brigade was augmented with further units:
- Feltre Alpini Battalion (transferred from the Alpine Brigade Julia on 1 June 1956)
- XIX° Frontier Defense Battalion (constituted on January 1, 1957; renamed Val Cismon Alpini Battalion on 1 July 1963)
- Alpini Parachutist Platoon (1956)
The Alpini Parachutist Platoon merged with the other four Alpini Brigades Parachutist Platoons on 1 April 1964 to form an Alpini Parachutist Company under direct command of the 4th Alpine Army Corps.
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