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56th Infantry Division Casale

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Action
Order of battle
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The 56th Infantry Division Casale was a regular Infantry Division of the Italian Army during World War II. It was formed in 1939 in Forlì and was dissolved in September 1943 in Aetolia-Acarnania region of Greece. The majority of its men originated from Romagna.

Action

The Casale Division was sent to Albania on 14 March 1941 to reinforce the failing Italian Spring Offensive. It immediately fought in Shushicë. By 20 March 1941, it was assigned to the Italian XXV Army Corps and was fighting in Tepelenë area.^[2] Contact with Greek forces was lost soon after the start of the Battle of Greece on 6 April 1941, and Casale engaged in a cautious advance along the Drin valley. On 18 April 1941, it encountered the Greek rearguard at Lumi i Kardhiqit, and by 19 April 1941 had reached Gjirokastër. On 22 April 1941 the division reached the Greek border near Delvinaki, where it met with German patrols. It was used for mopping-up operations in Zitsa, Negrades, and Paramythia.^[3]

After this task was completed, Casale was moved to the south of the Ambracian Gulf, with garrisons in Agrinio, Amfilochia and Missolonghi by 1942. The division performed several anti-partisan raids in Agrinio, Kato Achaia, Chrysovitsa, and other locations. After the Armistice of Cassibile was announced on 8 September 1943, parts of the 11th regiment joined Greek partisans while other sub-units of the division melted away.

Order of battle

11. Casale Infantry Regiment
12. Casale Infantry Regiment
311. Infantry Regiment
56. Artillery Regiment
23. CCNN Legion
56. Mortar Battalion
156. Anti-Tank Company
56. Signal Company
47. Pioneer Company
60. Medical Section
5. Supply Section
41. Field Bakery
48. Carabinieri Section
49. Carabinieri Section {{#tag:ref|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.^[3]|group=nb}}^[4]

Notes

Footnotes

1. ^{{cite web|title=Royal Italian Army|accessdate=2009-05-04|author=Enrico Tagliazucchi and Franco Agostini|publisher=World War II Armed Forces – Orders of Battle and Organizations|url=http://niehorster.org/019_italy/40_organ/div_inf_40.html| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090404113008/http://niehorster.org/019_italy/40_organ/div_inf_40.html| archivedate= 4 April 2009 | deadurl= no}}
2. ^http://www.regioesercito.it/reparti/fanteria/rediv56.htm
3. ^Paoletti, p 170
4. ^¹{{cite web|publisher=Axis History|author=Marcus Wendal|title=Italian Army |accessdate=2009-05-07|url=http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=9824}}

Citations

{{cite book|title=A Military History of Italy|author=Paoletti, Ciro|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|year=2008|isbn=0-275-98505-9}}
{{cite book|author=Jowett, Phillip|title=The Italian Army 1040-45 (3): Italy 1943-45|publisher=Osprey Publishing, Westminster|isbn=978-1-85532-866-2}}

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