(Blackshirts militia) division raised on 7 August June 1935 for the Second Italo-Ethiopian War against Ethiopia and disbanded after the war.
The division had only limited combat value due to the age (World War I veterans), the physical disabilities (amputated veterans), and the lack of military training (Italians living abroad) of its troops, and the lack of machine guns and pack artillery.
[citation needed] Nevertheless, it saw some combat in minor skirmishes on the Somali front, and performed creditably[citation needed] under the command of Generale di Divisione Enrico Boscardi.
[1] Below follows the division's organization during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War.
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