The brigade was the infantry component of the 24th Territorial Division of Chieti, which also included the 18th Artillery Regiment.

[1][4][5] The division participated in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War, where it operated in the Tigray Region and fought in the Battle of Shire.

[1] During the Italian invasion of France in June 1940 the division was the reserve of I Army Corps and remained in the area Moncenisio and Bardonecchia.

[1] In January 1941 the division was sent to Albania to reinforce the crumbling Italian front during the Greek offensive in the Greco-Italian War.

From 9 March 1941 the division participated in the Italian Spring Offensive and advanced after strenuous combat to Çarshovë on the Greek-Albanian border.

[1] In June 1941 the division transferred to Larissa in Thessaly, Greece to suppress the growing Greek Resistance.

The division's commanding officers were:[1][2] The names of five Italian officers attached to the division were included in the Central Registry of War Criminals and Security Suspects, a database set up by the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force in 1945 to try war criminals from the Axis powers, including Italy.

In addition to perpetrating the Domenikon massacre, soldiers from the division also tortured Greek prisoners and committed several rapes while stationed in Greece.