5th CC.NN. Division "1 Febbraio"

The 5th CC.NN. Division "1 Febbraio" (Italian: 5ª Divisione CC.NN. "1 Febbraio") was an Italian CC.NN. (Blackshirts militia) division raised on 15 July 1935 for the Second Italo-Ethiopian War against Ethiopia and disbanded shortly after the war. The name "1 Febbraio" was chosen to commemorate the founding of the Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale on 1 February 1923.^[1]

Organization edit

Below follows the division's organization during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War and the cities, in which its CC.NN. battalions and companies/batteries were raised.^[1]

5th CC.NN. Division "1 Febbraio"
- 107th CC.NN. Legion "Cairoli", in Pavia
  - Command Company
  - CVII CC.NN. Battalion, in Pavia
  - CLXXXVI CC.NN. Battalion, in Lucca
  - 107th CC.NN. Machine Gun Company, in Pavia
  - 107th CC.NN. Artillery Battery, in Pavia (65/17 infantry support guns)
- 128th CC.NN. Legion "Randaccio", in Vercelli
  - Command Company
  - CXXVIII CC.NN. Battalion, in Vercelli
  - CXXIX CC.NN. Battalion, in Arona
  - 128th CC.NN. Machine Gun Company, in Vercelli
  - 128th CC.NN. Artillery Battery, in Vercelli (65/17 infantry support guns)
- 142nd CC.NN. Legion "Berica", in Vicenza
  - Command Company
  - CXLII CC.NN. Battalion, in Vicenza
  - CCXLII CC.NN. Battalion, in Vicenza
  - 142nd CC.NN. Machine Gun Company, in Vicenza
  - 142nd CC.NN. Artillery Battery, in Vicenza (65/17 infantry support guns)
- V CC.NN. Machine Gun Battalion
- V Artillery Group (65/17 infantry support guns, Royal Italian Army)
- V Mixed Transport Unit (Royal Italian Army)
- V Supply Unit (Royal Italian Army)
- 2x CC.NN. replacement battalions
- 5th Special Engineer Company (Royal Italian Army)
- 5th Medical Section (Royal Italian Army)
- 5th Logistic Section (Royal Italian Army)
- 5th Carabinieri Section

The supply unit had 1,600 mules and the mixed transport unit 80 light trucks. The division engaged in war crimes in Ethiopia during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War.^[2]

Sources edit

Lucas, Ettore; de Vecchi, Giorgio (1976). Storia delle Unità Combattenti della MVSN 1923-1943. Giovanni Volpe Editore. pp. 63 to 116 plus errata.

References edit

^ ^a ^b "Divisione CC.NN. "1 Febbraio"". Regio Esercito. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
^ Del Boca, Angelo (2007). Il gas di Mussolini. Il fascismo e la guerra d'Etiopia. ISBN 9788835958598.

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[1_Febbraio-1] "Divisione CC.NN. "1 Febbraio"". Regio Esercito. Retrieved 17 October 2021.

[2] Del Boca, Angelo (2007). Il gas di Mussolini. Il fascismo e la guerra d'Etiopia. ISBN 9788835958598.

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