[2][3] The division's lineage begins with the Brigade "Taro" established during World War I in Verona on 6 April 1916.

On 19 November 1940 the division began to move to Bari from where it was shipped to Albania to reinforce the crumbling Italian front in the Greco-Italian War.

In the meantime the Taro's divisional headquarters organized defences in the Shkumbin river valley with units from shattered Italian formations.

[2] In June 1941 the Taro was transferred to Montenegro with garrisons in Cetinje, Bar, Nikšić and Danilovgrad.

In 1942, the division conducted anti-partisan raids at Budva, Velja Gora, Boguti and Čisto Polje.

The Taro remained in France, tasked with occupation duties to the north of Toulon and along a coastal strip to the east, from Cape Brun to Cavalaire-sur-Mer.

The names can be found at: Central Registry of War Criminals and Security Suspects from the Kingdom of Italy.