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

[3] The division was assigned to XXXI Army Corps, which was responsible for the defense of southern Calabria.

[1] The division was responsible for the coastal defence of southernmost part of the coast of Calabria: on the Tyrrhenian Sea side from Capo Vaticano to the outskirts of Scilla, on the Ionian Sea side from Capo dell'Armi to Badolato.

[4] Between 3 and 8 September the division skirmished with troops of British XIII Corps, which had landed in southern Calabria in Operation Baytown.

After the Armistice of Cassibile was announced the division remained at its positions and surrendered to the British XIII Corps.