[2] The division was activated on 1 March 1943 in Bari by expanding the X Coastal Brigade.

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

[1] The division was responsible for the coastal defense of the coast of the Salento peninsula to the south of the towns of Taranto and Brindisi.

The defense of the two towns and their surrounding area was the responsibility of the Royal Italian Navy's Maritime Military Base Taranto respectively Maritime Military Base Brindisi.

For the rest of the Italian campaign the division performed rear area security and work duties as 210th Auxiliary Division for the American Fifth Army.