Italian Libyan Colonial Division

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The Libyan Division was a formation of Colonial troops raised by the Italians in their colony in Lybia. It participted in the invasion of Ethiopia in the Second Italo-Abyssinian War. Reorganized into the 1st Lybian Division by the beginning of Italy's entry into World War II it fought in the 1940 Italian invasion of Egypt and was forced to surrender during Operation Compass.

[edit] Order of Battle Oct. 1935

Libyan Division - Guglielmo Nasi

  • 1st Libyan Infantry Regiment
    • II Libyan Battalion
    • III Libyan Battalion
  • 2nd Libyan Infantry Regiment
    • IV Libyan Battalion
    • V Libyan Battalion
  • 3rd Libyan Infantry Regiment
    • VIII Libyan Battalion
    • IX Libyan Battalion
  • X Libyan Battalion
  • 1st Libyan Artillery Regiment

[edit] Order of Battle June 1940

1st Libyan Division - General Luigi Sibille

  • 1st Libyan Infantry Regiment
  • 2nd Libyan Infantry Regiment
  • 1st Libyan Artillery Battalion
  • 2nd Libyan Artillery Battalion
  • 1st Libyan Engineer Battalion
  • Anti Tank Company