214th Coastal Division (Italy)

The 214th Coastal Division (Italian: 214ª Divisione Costiera) was an infantry division of the Royal Italian Army during World War II.

[1] Royal Italian Army coastal divisions were second line divisions formed with reservists and equipped with second rate materiel.

[3] The division was assigned to XXXI Army Corps and had its headquarter in Santa Severina.

[3] In early September the division prepared to fight the British XIII Corps, which had landed on 3 September 1943 in southern Calabria in Operation Baytown and was advancing towards the 214th Coastal Division's positions.

After the Armistice of Cassibile was announced on 8 September 1943 the division remained at its positions and surrendered to the British XIII Corps.