(Blackshirts militia) division raised on 23 April 1935 for the Second Italo-Ethiopian War against Ethiopia.

[2] The division took part in the Italian invasion of Egypt and was destroyed during the Battle of Bardia in January 1941.

Its members were volunteers from the various armed militias of the National Fascist Party's paramilitary wing and came from two regions: the 135th and 192nd CC.NN.

On 1 December 1940 the division was at Bardia, where it was surrounded with other Italian units by British forces during Operation Compass.

After a short siege the division was destroyed during the Battle of Bardia on 3-5 January 1941.

[4][6] Attached during the Battle of Bardia:[6] For the Italian participation in the Eastern Front the regiment-sized CC.NN.