105th Infantry Division "Rovigo"

The 105th Infantry Division "Rovigo" (Italian: 105ª Divisione di fanteria "Rovigo") was an infantry division of the Royal Italian Army during World War II.

[1][2] The division's lineage begins with the Brigade "Rovigo" raised on 20 May 1916 with the 227th and 228th infantry regiments.

The brigade fought on the Italian front in World War I and was disbanded on 15 November 1917 after it had been overrun during the Battle of Caporetto.

[1] In June 1942 the division moved its units to Southern Piedmont and then in November 1942 to Liguria after XXII Army Corps and its units guarding the Ligurian coast had participated in the occupation of Southern France and remained there as occupation force.

In Liguria the Rovigo formed the mobile reserve behind the 201st Coastal Division in the area of Ventimiglia, Sanremo, Imperia, Albenga, and Loano, from where the task of mobile reserve was continued by the 103rd Infantry Division "Piacenza".