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214th Coastal Division (Italy)
The 214th Coastal Division ( it, 214ª Divisione Costiera) was an infantry Division (military), division of the Royal Italian Army during World War II. 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.Jowett p 6 History The division was activated on 1 July 1943 in Bari and received units from the 212th Coastal Division (Italy), 212th Coastal Division and XXXI Coastal Brigade. The division was assigned to XXXI Army Corps (Italy), XXXI Army Corps and had its headquarter in Santa Severina. The division was responsible for the Coastal defence and fortification, coastal defense of the coast of the Ionian Sea coast of Calabria between Botricello and Lido Sant'Angelo. In early September the division prepared to fight the British XIII Corps (United Kingdom), XIII Corps, which had landed on 3 September 1943 in southern Calabria in Operation Baytown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division (military)
A division is a large military unit or Formation (military), formation, usually consisting of between 6,000 and 25,000 soldiers. In most armies, a division is composed of several regiments or brigades; in turn, several divisions typically make up a corps. Historically, the division has been the default combined arms unit capable of independent Military tactics, operations. Smaller combined arms units, such as the American regimental combat team (RCT) during World War II, were used when conditions favored them. In recent times, modern Western militaries have begun adopting the smaller brigade combat team (similar to the RCT) as the default combined arms unit, with the division they belong to being less important. While the focus of this article is on army divisions, in naval usage "division (naval), division" has a completely different meaning, referring to either an administrative/functional sub-unit of a department (e.g., fire control division of the weapons department) aboar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
