59 Mountain Infantry Division Cagliari

The 59 Mountain Infantry Division Cagliari was a Infantry Division of the Italian Army during World War II. The Cagliari as part of the Italian I Corps it participated in the Italian invasion of France, in June 1940. It remained in France until September before returning home to Italy. In January 1941, it was sent to Albania and then joined the Italian VIII Corps for the Greco-Italian War. It remained in Greece as an occupation force until the Italian surrender to the Allies in September 1943.Mountain Divisions are not to be confused with the "Alpini" specialized mountain troops. The Mountain divisions had pack horse artillery instead of the usual towed type^[1]

Garrisoned in Vercelli, the division was made up almost entirely of men from northern Piedmont, especially from Vercelli and Ivrea.

Commander

General Antonio Scuero

Order of battle

• 63. Cagliari Infantry Regiment
• 64. Cagliari Infantry Regiment
• 59. Artillery Regiment
• 28. CCNN Legion (Blackshirts)
• 59. Mortar Battalion
• 59. Anti-Tank Company
• 59. Signal Company
• 15. Pioneer Company ^{[nb 1][1]}

Notes

Footnotes

Citations

• Paoletti, Ciro (2008). A Military History of Italy. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0-275-98505-9.