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

[4][5][6][7] On 5 February 1831, inspired by the Revolutions of 1830, the cities of Bologna, Ferrara, Ravenna, and Forlì in the Papal Legations of the Romagne rose up against the pope's rule.

The next day the new King was forced to agree to the Armistice of Vignale, which ended the First Italian War of Independence.

This allowed the Austrians to send troops to crush the rebel republics, which had been formed in the Papal Legations of the Romagne and the Marche.

[4] 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.

As a consequence of the defeat the Austrian garrison left Bologna, where on 2 July 1859, volunteers formed the Mobile Column of the Romange.

In 1887-88 the regiment's 4th Company deployed to Massawa for the Italo-Ethiopian War of 1887–1889, which led to the establishment of the Italian colony of Eritrea.

In 1895–96, the regiment provided eight officers and 266 enlisted for units deployed to Italian Eritrea for the First Italo-Ethiopian War.

In 1911–12, the regiment provided twelve officers and 1,550 enlisted for units deployed to Libya for the Italo-Turkish War.

At the time the 47th Infantry Regiment consisted of three battalions, each of which fielded four fusilier companies and one machine gun section.

More than 1,000 soldiers of the Brigade "Ferrara" died in the attack, but troops of the 47th Infantry Regiment managed to prevent an Austro-Hungarian breakthrough.

In August 1916, the brigade fought in the Sixth Battle of the Isonzo, during which Italian troops finally conquered the summit of Monte San Michele.

Already in September the brigade returned to the Karst plateau for the Seventh Battle of the Isonzo, during which it attacked from Opatje Selo towards Kostanjevica na Krasu.

After a five-hour artillery barrage Austro-Hungarian troops crossed the river at Zenson di Piave, where the 48th Infantry Regiment held the first line.

The 47th Infantry Regiment was sent forward in support, however by 17 June the brigade, which had suffered almost 2,700 casualties, had to fall back from the river bank.

In October 1918, the brigade participated in the decisive Battle of Vittorio Veneto, during which the 47th Infantry Regiment crossed the Piave at Sabbionera and from where it pursued the fleeing Austro-Hungarians to Motta di Livenza and the Madrisio on the Tagliamento river.

In 1935-36 the 47th Infantry Regiment "Ferrara" provided eleven officers and 580 troops to units deployed to East Africa for the Second Italo-Ethiopian War.

On 7 April 1937, the 10th Infantry Regiment "Regina" was transferred to the Aegean Military Command and moved from Bari to Rhodes.

The division's troops landed in Durrës and in the following two days occupied Vlorë, Fier, Tepelenë, and the oil fields at Patos-Marinza and Kuçova.

[4][14][15][16][19][20] At the outbreak of World War II, the 48th Infantry Regiment "Ferrara" 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.

Attacks and counter-attacks continued with the increasing odds against Italians, until the entire left flank of the Ferrara was defeated 20 November 1940.

At this point, the remnants of division held only a small sliver of Greek territory near Vesania and were ordered to retreat from the increasingly untenable positions in the Pontikates area.

On 26 November 1940 these positions were abandoned and the remnants of the Ferrara were pushed southwards and out of Greece towards the Drino river.

On 6–7 December 1940, the "Ferrara" division fought a defensive battle south of Tepelenë, at the confluence of the Aoös and Drino rivers.

The arrival of Italian reinforcements stabilized the situation and resulted in a gradual reduction of military activities during February 1941.

The division quickly captured positions in the Drino valley, reaching soon the Gjirokastër-Libohovë line where it stayed until August 1941.

In the beginning of January, 1942, the division was tasked with coastal defence duty in a sector from ranging from the Seman river to Durrës.

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

[4][14][15] On 1 July 1958, the 48th Infantry Regiment "Ferrara" was reformed by renaming the existing 9th Recruits Training Center in Bari.