World War II Armed Forces – Orders of Battle and Organizations

Last Updated 19.02.2013

Royal Army In cooperation with Enrico Tagliazucchi and Franco Agostini Authorized Organization 1940 Infantry Division 10 June 1940

1940 Infantry Divisions
Division     Commanding General     Headquarters	Infantry Regiments	Mortar Battalion	Antitank Company	Artillery Regiment	Engineers	Medical Services	Supply Services	CCNN Legion [3]
1ª Divisione Superga [1]     General Curio Barbasetti di Prun     Hqs: Bardonecchia	91 & 92	1	1	5	1 Engineer Battalion      – 14 Engineer Company      –   1 Signal Company      –   1 Searchlight Platoon	1	1	18
2ª Divisione Sforzesca [1]     General Alfonso Ollearo     Hqs: Sestriere	53 & 54	2	2	17	2 Engineer Battalion      – 16 Engineer Company      –   2 Signal Company      – 11 Wire Company      –   8 Searchlight Platoon	2	2	17 & 30
3ª Divisione Ravenna [1]     General Edoardo Nebbia     Hqs: Tenda	37 & 38	3	3	11	3 Engineer Battalion      – 18 Engineer Company      –   3 Signal Company      – 10 Searchlight Platoon	3	3	5
4ª Divisione Livorno [1]     General Benvenuto Gioda     Hqs: Vinadio	33 & 34	4	4	28	4 Engineer Battalion      – 20 Engineer Company      –   4 Signal Company      – 15 Seachlight Platoon	4	4	95
5ª Divisione Cosseria     General Alberto Vassari     Hqs: Ventimiglia	89 & 90	5	5	37	5 Engineer Battalion      – 23 Engineer Company      –   5 Signal Company      – 53 Searchlight Platoon	5	5	86
6ª Divisione Cuneo     General Carlo Melotti     Hqs: Borgo San Dalmazzo	7 & 8	6	6	27	6 Engineer Battalion      – 24 Engineer Company      –   6 Signal Company      –   1 Seachlight Platoon	6	6	24
7ª Divisione Lupi di Toscana     General Ottavio Bollea     Hqs: Ormea	77 & 78	7	7	30	7 Engineer Battalion      – 30 Engineer Company      –   7 Signal Company      – 12 Searchlight Platoon	7	7	15
11ª Divisione Brennero     General Arnaldo Forgiero     Hqs: Bussoleno	231 & 232	11	11	9	11 Engineer Battalion      – 32 Engineer Company      – 11 Signal Company      –   ? Searchlight Platoon	11	11	40
12ª Divisione Sassari     General Giacomo Castagna     Hqs: San Pietro del Carso	151 & 152	12	12	34	12 Engineer Battalion      – 34 Engineer Company      – 12 Signal Company      – 27 Searchlight Platoon	12	12	–
13ª Divisione Re [1]     General Benedetto Fiorenzoli     Hqs: Idria	1 & 2	13	13	23	13 Engineer Battalion      – 38 Engineer Company      – 13 Signal Company      – 28 Searchlight Platoon	13	13	–
14ª Divisione Isonzo [1]     General Federico Romero     Hqs: Postumia	23 & 24	14	14	6	14 engineer Battalion      – 40 Engineer Company      – 14 Signal Company      – 30 Seachlight Company	14	14	–
15ª Divisione Bergamo     General Pietro Belletti     Hqs: Abbazia di Fiume	25 & 26	15	15	4	15 Engineer Battalion      – 36 Engineer Company      – 15 Signal Company      – 21 Searchlight Platoon	15	15	–
16ª Divisione Pistoia     General Mario Priore     Hqs: Saluzzo	35 & 36	16	16	3	16 Engineer Battalion      – 44 Engineer Company      – 16 Signal Company      –   ? Searchlight Platoon	16	16	79
18ª Divisione Messina     General Francesco Zani     Hqs: Umbrino	93 & 94	18	18	2	18 Engineer Battalion      – 48 Engineer Company      – 18 Signal Company      –   ? Searchlight Platoon	18	18	–
19ª Divisione Venezia [1]     General Silvio Bonini     Hqs: Elbasan	83 & 84	19	19	19	19 Engineer Battalion      – 76 Engineer Company      – 19 Signal Company      –   ? Searchlight Platoon	19	19	–
20ª Divisione Friuli     General Vittorio Sogno     Hqs: Alba	87 & 88	20	20	35	20 Engineer Battalion      – 52 Engineer Company      – 20 Signal Company      – 24 Searchlight Platoon	20	20	–
21 Divisione Granatieri di Sardegna     General Taddeo Orlando     Hqs: Civitavecchia	1 & 2 Granatieri	21	21	13	21 Engineer Battalion      – 54 Engineer Company      – 21 Signal Company      –   ? Searchlight Platoon	21	21	–
22ª Divisione Cacciatori delle Alpi     General Dante Lorenzelli     Hqs: Pieve di Teco	51 & 52	22	22	1	22 Engineer Battalion      – 56 Engineer Company      – 22 Signal Company      – 21 Seachlight Platoon	22	22	–
23ª Divisione Ferrara     General Licurgo Zannini     Hqs: Argirocastro	47 & 48	23	23	14	23 Engineer Battalion      – 14 Engineer Company      – 23 Signal Company      – 61 Seachlight Platoon	23	23	–
24ª Divisione Pinerolo     General Giuseppe De Stefanis     Hqs: Chiomonte	13 & 14	24	24	18	24 Engineer Battalion      – 61 Engineer Company      – 24 Signal Company      – 63 Searchlight Platoon	24	24	–
26ª Divisione Assietta [1]     General Emanuele Girlando     Hqs: Cesana	29 & 30	26	26	25	26 Engineer Battalion      – 64 Engineer Company      – 26 Signal Company      – 11 Searchlight Platoon	26	26	19
28ª Divisione Aosta     General Federico D'Arle     Hqs: Palermo	5 & 6	28	28	22	28 Engineer Battalion      – 22 Engineer Company      – 28 Signal Company      – 34 Searchlight Platoon	28	28	–
29ª Divisione Piemonte     General Giovanni Cerio     Hqs: Messina	3 & 4	29	29	24	29 Engineer Battalion      –   7 Engineer Company      – 29 Signal Company      – 32 Searchlight Platoon	29	29	–
30ª Divisione Sabauda     General Ubaldo Scanagatta     Hqs: Cagliari	45 & 46	30	30	16	30 Engineer Battalion      – 10 Engineer Company      – 30 Signal Company      – 41 Searchlight Platoon	30	30	–
31ª Divisione Calabria     General Carlo Petra di Caccuri     Hqs: Sassari	59 & 60	31	31	31	31 Engineer Battalion      – 13 Engineer Company      – 31 Signal Company      –   ? Searchlight Platoon	31	31	–
32ª Divisione Marche [1]     General Riccardo Pentimalli     Hqs: Feltre	55 & 56	32	32	32	32 Engineer Battalion      – 39 Engineer Company      – 32 Signal Company      –   ? Searchlight Platoon	32	32	–
33ª Divisione Acqui [1]     General Francesco Sartoris     Hqs: Argentera	17 & 18	33	33	33	33 Engineer Battalion      – 31 Engineer Company      – 33 Signal Company      – 31 Searchlight Platoon	33	33	20 & 23
36ª Divisione Forlì [1]     General Giulio Perugi     Hqs: Acceglio	43 & 44	36	36	36	36 Engineer Battalion      – 66 Engineer Company      – 36 Signal Company      – 36 Seachlight Platoon	36	36	80
37ª Divisione Modena [1]     General Alessandro Gloria     Hqs: Briga	41 & 42	37	37	29	37 Engineer Battalion      – 19 Engineer Company      – 37 Signal Company      – 37 Searchlight Platoon	37	37	34 & 36
38ª Divisione Puglie [1]     General Mario Marghinotti     Hqs: Vittorio Veneto	71 & 72	38	38	25	38 Engineer Battalion      – 43 Engineer Company      – 38 Signal Company      –   ? Searchlight Platoon	38	38	–
40ª Divisione Cacciatori d’Africa     General Giovanni Varda     Hqs: Addis Abeba	210 & 211	40	40	40	18 African Mixed Battalion      –   ? Engineer Company      –   ? Signal Company      –   ? Searchlight Platoon	40	40	[4]
41ª Divisione Firenze     General Paride Negri     Hqs: Poirino	127 & 128	41	41	41	41 Engineer Battalion      – 53 Engineer Company      – 41 Signal COmpan      –   ? Searchlight Platoon	41	41	–
44ª Divisione Cremona     General Umberto Mondino     Hqs: San Remo	21 & 22	44	44	7	44 Engineer Battalion      – 77 Engineer Co      – 44 Signal Co      – 44 Searchlight Plt	44	44	33 & 90
47ª Divisione Bari     General Ernesto Zaccone     Hqs: Brindisi	139 & 140	47	47	47	47 Engineer Battalion      – 55 Engineer Company      – 47 Signal Company      – 47 Searchlight Platoon	47	47	–
48ª Divisione Taro     General Gino Pedrazzoli     Hqs: Salerno	207 & 208	48	48	48	48 Engineer Battalion      – 11 Engineer Company      – 48 Signal Company      – 48 Searchlight Platoon	48	48	–
49ª Divisione Parma [1]     General Attilio Grattarola     Hqs: Marzabotto	49 & 50	49	49	49	49 Engineer Battalion      – 49 Engineer Company      – 49 Signal Company      –   ? Searchlight Platoon	49	49	–
50ª Divisione Regina     General Alessandro Piazzoni     Hqs: Rhodes, Dodecanese	9 & 10	50	50	50	50 Engineer Battalion      – 91 Engineer Company      – 46 Signal Company      –   ? Searchlight Platoon	50	50	201
51ª Divisione Siena     General Gualtiero Gabutti     Hqs: Canelli	31 & 32	51	51	51	51 Engineer Battalion      – 83 Engineer Company      – 51 Signal Company      – 64 Searchlight Platoon	51	51	–
53ª Divisione Arezzo     General Michele Molinari     Hqs: Scutari	225 & 226	53	53	53	53 Engineer Battalion      – 94 Engineer Company      – 53 Signal Company      – 64 Searchlight Platoon      –   ? Searchlight Platoon	53	53	–
54ª Divisione Napoli     General Renato Coturri     Hqs: Ragusa	75 & 76	54	54	54	54 Engineer Battalion      – 14 Engineer Company      – 54 Signal Company      –   ? Searchlight Platoon	54	54	–
56ª Divisione Casale     General Enea Navarrini     Hqs: Predappio	11 & 12	56	56	56	56 Engineer Battalion      – 47 Engineer Company      – 56 Signal Company      –   ? Searchlight Platoon	56	56	–
57ª Divisione Lombardia     General Giovanni Esposito     Hqs: Elsane	73 & 74	57	57	57	57 Engineer Battalion      – 37 Engineer Company      – 57 Signal Company      – 66 Searchlight Platoon	57	57	–
58ª Divisione Legnano     General Edoardo Scala     Hqs: Fenestrelle	67 & 68	58	58	58	58 Engineer Battalion      – 25 Engineer Company      – 58 Signal Company      – 67 Searchlight Platoon	58	58	7
59ª Divisione Cagliari [1]     General Antonio Scuero     Hqs: Susa	63 & 64	59	59	59	59 Engineer Battalion      – 15 Engineer Company      – 59 Signal Company      –   ? Searchlight Platoon	59	59	11 & 28
65ª Divisione Granatieri di Savoia     General Amadeo Liberati     Hqs: Addis Abeba	10 & 11	65	65	60	60 Engineer Battalion [?]      – 60 Engineer Company      – 60 Signal Company	65	65	[5]
Division     Commanding General     Headquarters	Infantry Regiments	Mortar Battalion	Antitank Company	Artillery Regiment	Engineer Battalion	Medical Services	Supply Services	CCNN [3]
NOTES: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Instead of motor vehicles, transport in the mountain infantry division was by pack mules. The organization of the 50th Infantry Division Regina (stationed on the Italian Dodecanese Islands) was slightly different. Upon mobilization, the Fascist Militia (CCNN — Black Shirts) started to mobilize their units, designating them as 'Assault' and 'Mountain' battalions, (to differentiate them from the strictly territorial administrative battalions within the CCNN Zones from which they were raised), for field use. During the June 1940 French Campaign some infantry divisions had one or two of these CCNN 'assault' battalions attached. Later, complete CCNN assault Legions would be assigned to just about all the infantry divisions. See the 1940 Blackshirt Legion. Only a battalion, namely the III Battaglione Camicie Nere d'Africa (3rd Africa Black Shirt Battalion). Only a battalion, namely the XV Battaglione Camicie Nere d'Africa. (15th Africa Black Shirt Battalion).