The 213th Coastal Division (Italian: 213ª Divisione Costiera) was an infantrydivision 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. Recruited locally, they were often commanded by officers called out of retirement.[2]
The division was activated on 15 November 1941 in Catania and assigned to XVI Army Corps, which was responsible for the defense of the eastern half of the island of Sicily.[1] The division was responsible for the coastal defense of the coast between Punta Castelluccio in Agnone Bagni and Moleti south of Messina.[3] The division fought against units of the British Eighth Army after the allies landed on Sicily on 10 July 1943. By 15 July 1943 the division had been severely decimated and was therefore officially declared lost due to wartime events.[3]
Generale di Brigata Nazzareno Scattaglia (16 March 1942 - 9 September 1942)
Generale di Brigata Ugo Buttà (10 September 1942 - 13 October 1942)
Generale di Brigata Antonio Tosi (14 October 1942 - 9 May 1943)
Generale di Brigata Carlo Gotti (9 May 1943 - 15 July 1943)
References
^ abcdeBollettino dell'Archivio dell'Ufficio Storico N.II-3 e 4 2002. Rome: Ministero della Difesa - Stato Maggiore dell’Esercito - Ufficio Storico. 2002. p. 369. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
^ abc"213a Divisione Costiera". Regio Esercito. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
^Crescenzi, Andrea (2009). Fondo M-9 - Serie Sicilia(PDF). Rome: Stato Maggiore della Difesa - Ufficio Storico. pp. 18–20. ISBN9788898185375. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
^"Treni Armati della Marina". Italian Navy. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
Paoletti, Ciro (2008). A Military History of Italy. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN978-0-275-98505-9.
Jowett, Philip S. (2000). The Italian Army 1940-45 (1): Europe 1940-1943. Osprey, Oxford - New York. ISBN978-1-85532-864-8.
January 14, 2023
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