[2] The division was activated on 15 November 1941 in Palermo by reorganizing the VII 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.

The division was responsible for the coastal defense of the coast between Sciacca and Punta Due Rocche to the East of Licata.

[4] The division fought against units of the American Seventh Army after the allies landed on Sicily on 10 July 1943.

By 16 July 1943 the division had been severely decimated and was therefore officially declared lost due to wartime events.