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were the elite mountain infantry units known as the Alpini, founded in 1872. The Alpini are considered the oldest active mountain infantry force in the world and were originally tasked with defending Italy's alpine borders with France and Austria-Hungary. During World War I, the Alpini fought in extreme alpine conditions against the Austro-Hungarian Kaiserjäger and the German Alpenkorps,

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