224th Coastal Division (Italy)

224th Coastal Division
224th Coastal Division
Active	1943 – 1943
Country	Kingdom of Italy
Branch	Royal Italian Army
Size	Division
Garrison/HQ	Nice
Engagements	World War II
Insignia
Identification; symbol	; 224th Coastal Division gorget patches

The 224th Coastal Division (Italian: 224ª Divisione Costiera) was an infantry division of the Royal Italian Army during World War II.^[1] Royal Italian Army coastal divisions were second line divisions formed with reservists and equipped with second rate materiel. They were often commanded by officers called out of retirement.^[2]

History

In November 1942 Axis forces invaded Southern France and divided it into a German and an Italian occupation zone. For the coastal defense of its zone Italy raised on 1 January 1943 the 223rd Coastal Division in Bologna and the 224th Coastal Division in Florence. Both divisions were formed with reserve units of the army's regular Alpini regiments.^[2]

The 224th Coastal Division was based in Nice and assigned to I Army Corps. After the announcement of the Armistice of Cassibile on 8 September 1943 the division was disbanded by invading German forces.^[3]^[1]

Organization

224th Coastal Division - Military Base Nice, in Nice^[3]^[1]
- 165th Coastal Alpini Regiment
  - Alpini Battalion "Monte Marmolada" (formed from the XXV Replacements Battalion/ 7th Alpini Regiment)
  - Alpini Battalion "Monte Canin" (formed from the XXVI Replacements Battalion/ 8th Alpini Regiment)
  - Alpini Battalion "Monte Clapier" (formed from the XXVII Replacements Battalion/ 1st Alpini Regiment)
  - DXIII Mobile Territorial Alpini Battalion
  - 424th Mortar Company (81mm Mod. 35 mortars)
- X Carabinieri Battalion
- 104th Bersaglieri Motorcyclists Company
- 224th Mixed Engineer Company
- 224th Carabinieri Section
- 158th Field Post Office
- Division Services

Commanding officers

The division's commanding officers were:^[1]

Generale di Divisione Luigi Mazzini (1 January 1943 - 25 May 1943)
Generale di Divisione Giuseppe Andreoli (26 May 1943 - 25 August 1943)
Generale di Divisione Mario Badino Rossi (26 August 1943 - 9 September 1943)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Bollettino dell'Archivio dell'Ufficio Storico N.II-3 e 4 2002. Rome: Ministero della Difesa - Stato Maggiore dell’Esercito - Ufficio Storico. 2002. p. 376. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b Jowett p 6
^ ^a ^b "224a Divisione Costiera". Regio Esercito. Retrieved 16 October 2021.

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

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[Ufficio_Storico-1] Bollettino dell'Archivio dell'Ufficio Storico N.II-3 e 4 2002. Rome: Ministero della Difesa - Stato Maggiore dell’Esercito - Ufficio Storico. 2002. p. 376. Retrieved 7 November 2021.

[j6-2] Jowett p 6

[Regio_Esercito-3] "224a Divisione Costiera". Regio Esercito. Retrieved 16 October 2021.

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