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

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

[1] The division was responsible for the coastal defense of the coast of eastern Calabria: on the Tyrrhenian Sea side from Serra d'Aiello to the river Noce at Castrocucco, on the Ionian Sea side from Sant'Angelo to Nova Siri.

[4][1] After the Armistice of Cassibile was announced on 8 September 1943 the division refused German demands to surrender and waited for the arrival of the British XIII Corps, which was moving up Calabria after having landed in mainland Italy in Operation Baytown.

The 227th Coastal Division surrendered to the British forces and then joined the Italian Co-belligerent Army.