The division was in Greece when the Armistice of Cassibile was announced on 8 September 1943 and dissolved by German forces three days later.

The brigade was the infantry component of the 29th Territorial Division of Messina, which also included the 24th Artillery Regiment.

After the war's conclusion the Peloritana remained in Harar and fought remnants of Ethiopian forces and resistance fighters in the cities of Jijiga, Dire Dawa, Kombolcha and the Amhara region before returning to Italy.

On 13 November 1940 four battalions of the division entered the frontline against Greek forces near Qafa e Qarrit, just as the Italian front began to crumble.

After the war the division was temporarily based in Korçë before moving in June, 1941 to the Peloponnese peninsula, along the Corinth Canal.

The division garrisoned Patras, Aigio, Paralia Platanos, Pyrgos, while battalion-strength detachments were on Zakynthos island and in Nafplio.