[2] The division was activated on 15 November 1941 in Palermo by reorganizing the II Coastal Sector Command.

[3] The division was assigned to XII Army Corps, which was responsible for the defense of the western half of the island of Sicily.

[4] On 10 June 1943 the 202nd Coastal Division ceded some of its units to the newly formed 230th Coastal Division, which took over responsibility for the coast between Marsala and Mazara del Vallo, leaving the 202nd with the responsibility for the coast between Mazara del Vallo and Sciacca.

[4][1] The 202nd Coastal Division fought against units of the American Seventh Army after the allies landed on Sicily on 10 July 1943.

By 24 July 1943 the division had been severely decimated and was therefore officially declared lost due to wartime events.