Italian Libyan Colonial Division
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The Libyan Division was a formation of colonial troops raised by the Italians in their colony in Libya. It participated in the invasion of
Second Italo-Abyssinian War. The formation was reorganized into the 1st Libyan Division by the beginning of Italy's entry into World War II. In September 1940, the 1st Libyan Division, together with its sister-division 2nd Libyan Division, participated in the Italian invasion of Egypt. By December, the division was dug in at Maktila and was forced to surrender during Operation Compass
.
Origins
Following the
meharistes (camel troops), a mountain artillery battery and a section of camel artillery.[1]
By the 1930s the Libyan units had been brought together into the "
(irregular cavalry) unitsOrder of Battle 3 October 1935
Libyan Division - Guglielmo Nasi
- 1st Libyan Infantry Regiment
- II Libyan Battalion
- III Libyan Battalion
- 2nd Libyan Infantry Regiment
- IV Libyan Battalion
- V Libyan Battalion
- 3rd Libyan Infantry Regiment
- VIII Libyan Battalion
- IX Libyan Battalion
- X Libyan Battalion
- 1st Libyan Artillery Regiment
References
- ^ "Le Uniformi Coloniali Libiche 1912-42" Piero Crociani 1980
