[2] The division was activated on 1 July 1943 in Cagliari by expanding the XIII Coastal Brigade.

[3] The division was assigned to XIII Army Corps, which was responsible for the defense of the southern half of the island of Sardinia.

[1] The division was based in San Vito and responsible for the coastal defense of the coast between Capo Pula and Capo Monte Santu, which included the Gulf of Cagliari, the harbor of Cagliari, and the south-eastern coast of Sardinia.

Realizing the futility of attempting to gain control of Sardinia the German forces on the island retreated to Corsica.

[4] The division joined the Italian Co-belligerent Army and remained in Sardinia at reduced strength.