 Complete the following phrase:  On 1 December 1940 the Royal Italian Army Engineer School in Civitavecchia raised the 3rd Engineer Company Folgore Thunderbolt and the 4th Engineer Company Uragano Hurricane. At the same time the school also raised the companies which would go on to form the VIII, XXX, and XXXI sapper battalions. On 14 January 1941 the two companies were sent to Libya, where they formed a provisional battalion under the 1st Special Engineer Grouping. As part of Rommels Afrika Korps the battalion participated in Rommels first offensive Operation Sonnenblume. On 15 August 1941, congruent to the activation of Panzer Army Africa, the battalion was renamed XXXII Sappers Battalion and participated in all battles of the Western Desert Campaign until the battalion was disbanded on 1 August 1942 after having suffered heavy casualties during the 