11 Infantry Division Brennero

The 11 Infantry Division Brennero was a Infantry Division of the Italian Army during World War II. The Brennero Division was mobilized in October 1939 and was held in reserve during the Italian invasion of France.^[1] in the Greco-Italian War. After the Italian surrender in September 1943, it chose to side with the German forces. It was then split into smaller units and employed on anti partisan operations.^[2]

It was made up of men from the Brenner Pass (a rare case of Italian Infantry Division whose name coincides with the ethnicity or place of residence of its members) and surrounding South Tyrol.

Order of battle

• 231. Avellino Infantry Regiment
• 232. Avellino Infantry Regiment
• 9. Artillery Regiment
• IX Mortar Battaltion
• XXVI Machine Gun Battalion
• CDLXXIX Coastal Battalion
• CXI Mixed Engineer Battalion
• 99. Motor Transport Section
• 60. Supply Section
• 80. Wagon Train Section ^{[2][nb 1]}

Notes

Footnotes

Citations

• Jowett, Philip S. (2000). The Italian Army 1940-45 (1): Europe 1940-1943. Osprey, Oxford - New York. ISBN 978-1-85532-864-8. 
• Paoletti, Ciro (2008). A Military History of Italy. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0-275-98505-9.