65 Infantry Division Granatieri di Savoia

65 Infantry Division Granatieri di Savoia
Active 10 June 1940 – 19 May 1941
Country Italy
Branch Italian Army
Type Infantry
Size Division
Nickname Granatieri di Savoia
Engagements World War II
Commanders
Notable
commanders		 General Amedeo Liberati

The 65 Infantry Division "Grenadiers of Savoy" (Italian: Granatieri di Savoia) was an infantry division of the Italian Royal Army (Regio Esercito Italiano) during World War II.

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East African Campaign

The Granatieri di Savoia Division was created and stationed in Italian East Africa (Africa Orientale Italiana, or AOI). It took part in the Italian conquest of British Somaliland and the Battle of Keren. The division was destroyed by the British and Commonwealth counter-offensive into AOI which started on 19 January 1941. The last elements of the Granatieri di Savoia Division surrendered on 19 May 1941.

The Granatieri di Savoia was one of two Italian infantry divisions involved in the East African Campaign, the other being the 40 Infantry Division "Hunters of Africa" (Cacciatori d'Africa).[1]

Commander

General Amedeo Liberati

Order of battle

Notes

Footnotes
  1. ^ An Italian Infantry Division normally consisted of two Infantry Regiments (three Battalions each), a Artillery Regiment, a Mortar Battalion (two companies), a 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=9930. Retrieved 2009-04-24. 
  2. ^ Paoletti, p 170