57 Infantry Division Lombardia
The 57 Infantry Division Lombardia was a regular Infantry Division of the Italian Army during World War II. The Lombardia Division took part in the Invasion of Yugoslavia as part of the Italian V Corps. It remained in the Balkans as an occupation force, first in Slovenia and then Croatia. It also took part in the Battle of the Neretva. After the Italian surrender to the Allies in September 1943 it was disbanded by the Germans.[1][2]
Commander
General Giovanni Esposito[3]
Order of battle
- 73. Lombardia Infantry Regiment
- 74. Lombardia Infantry Regiment
- 57. Artillery Regiment
- 137. CCNN Legion
- 57. Mortar Battalion
- 57. Anti-Tank Company
- 57. Signal Company
- 37. Pioneer Company
- 57. Medical Section
- 40. Supply Section
- 40. Field Bakery
- 134. Field Hospital
- 135. Field Hospital [nb 1][1]
Notes
- Footnotes
- ^ 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. [4]
- Citations
Further reading
- Paoletti, Ciro (2008). A Military History of Italy. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0-275-98505-9.
- Jowett, Phillip. The Italian Army 1040-45 (3): Italy 1943-45. Osprey Publishing, Westminster. ISBN 978-1-85532-866-2.
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Italian Divisions in World War II
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