24 Infantry Division Pinerolo

24 Infantry Division Pinerolo
Active 1939–1943
Country Italy
Branch Italian Army
Type Infantry
Size Division
Garrison/HQ Chieti
Nickname Pinerolo
Engagements World War II
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symbol		 Pinerolo Division collar insignia

The 24th Infantry Division Pinerolo was an Infantry Division of the Italian Army during World War II. It was made up of draftees from Abruzzo and originally called the 24th Infantry Division Gran Sasso which had participated in the Second Italo-Abyssinian War and was reorganized as the binary 24th Infantry Division Pinerolo prior to the start of World War II. The Pinerolo took part in the Italian invasion of France. It later took part in the Greco-Italian War and the Invasion of Yugoslavia. It remained in Yugoslavia as an occupation force, in Ochrid before being moved to the same task in Greece at Larissa. After the Italian surrender to the Allies in September 1943, it joined the Greek People's Liberation Army in fighting the Germans.[1]

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Order of battle 24 Infantry Division Gran Sasso

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Footnotes
  1. ^ Each Army Division in the Ethiopian Campaign had a Pack-Mules unit of 3000 mules and three Regimental Trucks units (20 light trucks each).
  2. ^ An Italian Infantry Division normally consisted of two Infantry Regiments (three Battalions each), an Artillery Regiment, a Mortar Battalion (two companies), an Anti Tank Company, a Blackshirt Legion of two Battalions was sometimes attached. Each Division had only about 7,000 men, The Infantry and Artillery Regiments contained 1,650 men, the Blackshirt Legion 1,200, each company 150 men. [2]
Citations
  1. ^ a b Wendal, Marcus. "Italian Army". Axis History. http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=8596. Retrieved 2009-04-16. 
  2. ^ Paoletti, p 170


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