[2] The division was activated on 20 April 1943 in Bari by expanding the IX Coastal Brigade.

[3] The division was assigned to IX Army Corps and had its headquarter in Noicattaro.

[1] The division was responsible for the coastal defense of the coast of northern Apulia between the river Saccione and Torre Testa del Gallico near Brindisi.

[4] After the Armistice of Cassibile was announced on 8 September 1943 the division immediately fought German forces and then surrendered on 11 September to the British 1st Airborne Division.

On 15 September the Allies reactivated the division, which joined the Italian Co-belligerent Army and for the rest of the Italian campaign performed rear area security and work duties as 209th Division for the British Eighth Army.