After the announcement of the Armistice of Cassibile on 8 September 1943 the division and its regiments were disbanded by invading German forces.

[2][3] On 21 July 1858, French Emperor Napoleon III and the Prime Minister of Sardinia Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour met in Plombières and reached a secret verbal agreement on a military alliance between the Second French Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia against the Austrian Empire.

Upon Sardinia's refusal, Austria declared war on 26 April and three days later the Austrians crossed the Ticino river into Piedmont.

Although most of the 9th Company was wiped out in the Battle of Dogali on 26 January 1887, the war led to the establishment of the Italian colony of Eritrea.

In 1895–96, the regiment provided six officers and 240 enlisted for units deployed to Italian Eritrea for the First Italo-Ethiopian War.

On 16 January 1900, a series of explosions occurred at the dynamite factory in Avigliana and the regiment's 1st Company was dispatched to help contain the fire.

In 1911–12, the regiment provided 15 officers and 1,324 enlisted to augment units deployed to Libya for the Italo-Turkish War.

At the time the 41st Infantry Regiment consisted of three battalions, each of which fielded four fusilier companies and one machine gun section.

After Italy's entry into the war on 23 May 1915, the Brigade "Modena" was deployed in the Tolmin sector, where it attacked the Austro-Hungarian Army positions on the summit ridge of Mrzli Vrh.

From 21 to 25 July 1915, during the Second Battle of the Isonzo, the 41st Infantry Regiment's I Battalion supported an attack by Alpini troops against Austro-Hungarian positions on the summit of the Batognica.

On 25 June, the Austro-Hungarian forces ended their offensive and fell back to the Northern side of the Asiago plateau.

On 9 October 1916, the Eighth Battle of the Isonzo commenced and the brigade attack the Austro-Hungarian positions to the East of the Lago di Doberdò.

The brigade remained in the Vrtojba sector until the Battle of Caporetto forced the Italians to retreat behind the Piave river.

On 18 December, the brigade came under heavy Austro-Hungarian attacks on Monte Asolone and after suffering 2,613 casualties had to abandon the summit.

During the decisive Battle of Vittorio Veneto the brigade was once more on the Monte Grappa, from where it pursued the fleeing Austro-Hungarian troops to Fiera di Primiero.

The brigade was the infantry component of the 5th Territorial Division of Genoa, which also included the 29th Field Artillery Regiment.

In early January 1936, the division was sent to Eritrea, where it moved to Adi Quala to guard the Italian supply lines in Ethiopia.

From 29 February to 2 March 1936, the division fought in the Battle of Shire and then advanced to Addi Onfito, reaching Axum by April 1936.

[2][9][10][11][14] At the outbreak of World War II, the 41st Infantry Regiment "Modena" consisted of a command, a command company, three fusilier battalions, a support weapons battery equipped with 65/17 infantry support guns, and a mortar company equipped with 81mm Mod.

During the invasion the 37th Infantry Division "Modena" was assigned to XV Army Corps and tasked to occupy the section of the French-Italian border between Monte Grammondo and the Cima Bavasina.

On 24 June 1940, the Franco-Italian Armistice was signed and the "Modena" division was ordered to move to the city of Belluno, where it remained until November 1940.

[2][10][14] In November 1940, the 37th Infantry Division "Modena" was transferred to Albania to shore up the crumbling Italian front during the Greco-Italian War.

On 19 December 1940, the "Modena" division made a stand between Gusmar and Lekdush villages in Kurvelesh municipality, managing to finally stop the Greek advance.

On 9–10 March 1941, the "Modena" division undertook diversionary attacks near Progonat to prevent a transfer of Greek forces to Kolonjë, where the main thrust of the Italian spring offensive was underway.

After Greek resistance collapsed the division advanced and captured Golëm and Mali i Thate in the Tepelenë District on 13–14 April 1941.

However on 15 May 1942, the 341st Infantry Regiment "Modena" was assigned to the LI Special Brigade, which occupied the Eastern portion of the island of Crete.