The Italian Eleventh Army was one of the armies

Field army

A Field Army, or Area Army, usually referred to simply as an Army, is a term used by many national military forces for a military formation superior to a corps and beneath an army group....

 of the Royal Italian Army

Royal Italian Army

The Regio Esercito was the army of the Kingdom of Italy from the unification of Italy in 1861 to the birth of the Italian Republic in 1946...

 during World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

. It was formed on 9 November 1940 out of the 11th Army Corps, then based in Italian-occuped Albania

Albania under Italy

The Albanian Kingdom existed as a protectorate of the Kingdom of Italy. It was practically a union between Italy and Albania, officially led by Italy's King Victor Emmanuel III and its government: Albania was led by Italian governors, after being militarily occupied by Italy, from 1939 until 1943...

 and engaged in operations

Greco-Italian War

The Greco-Italian War was a conflict between Italy and Greece which lasted from 28 October 1940 to 23 April 1941. It marked the beginning of the Balkans Campaign of World War II...

 against Greece alongside the 9th Army. Its engagement against the Greeks lasted until the fall of Greece

Battle of Greece

The Battle of Greece is the common name for the invasion and conquest of Greece by Nazi Germany in April 1941. Greece was supported by British Commonwealth forces, while the Germans' Axis allies Italy and Bulgaria played secondary roles...

 in April 1941. Thereafter the Eleventh Army assumed duties of occupation in Greece, headquartered in Athens

Athens

Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

 under General Carlo Geloso

Carlo Geloso

Carlo Geloso , was an Italian military officer who rose to the rank of General, commanding the Italian occupation army in Greece during the Second World War....

. It was forcibly disbanded

Operation Achse

Operation Achse , also called Operation Alaric, were the codenames of the German plans to forcibly disarm the Italian armed forces after their expected armistice with the Allied forces...

 by the German Army

German Army

The German Army is the land component of the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. Following the disbanding of the Wehrmacht after World War II, it was re-established in 1955 as the Bundesheer, part of the newly formed West German Bundeswehr along with the Navy and the Air Force...

 in September 1943, after the Italian capitulation.

Commanders

• Generale di Corpo d'Armata
  Generale di Corpo d'Armata
  Generale di Corpo d'Armata, or "Tenente Generale" is an Italian military rank equivalent to Lieutenant General in the forces of some English speaking countries....
  
  Sebastiano Visconti Prasca
  Sebastiano Visconti Prasca
  Sebastiano Visconti Prasca was an Italian military officer. He led the initial offensive of the Greco-Italian War, but was relieved of his command after two weeks for incompetence and substituted by General Ubaldo Soddu. Sebastiano Visconti Prasca was a member of the noble family of the House of...
  
   (1940)
• Generale d'Armata
  Generale d'Armata
  Generale d'Armata is an Italian military rank equating to a "full general"...
  
  Carlo Geloso
  Carlo Geloso
  Carlo Geloso , was an Italian military officer who rose to the rank of General, commanding the Italian occupation army in Greece during the Second World War....
  
   (1940–1943)
• Generale d'Armata
  Generale d'Armata
  Generale d'Armata is an Italian military rank equating to a "full general"...
  
  Carlo Vecchiarelli (1943)