The 6th CC.NN. Division "Tevere" (Italian: 6ª Divisione CC.NN. "Tevere") was an Italian CC.NN. (Blackshirts militia) division raised on 7 August June 1935 for the Second Italo-Ethiopian War against Ethiopia and disbanded after the war. The division was named for the Tiber river. 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]
Organization edit
Below follows the division's organization during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War.[1]
- 6th CC.NN. Division "Tevere"
- 219th CC.NN. Legion "Vittorio Veneto" (World War I veterans)
- CCXIX CC.NN. Battalion
- CCCXIX CC.NN. Battalion
- 220th CC.NN. Legion
- CCI CC.NN. Battalion (World War I invalids)
- CCXX CC.NN. Battalion (World War I Arditi)
- 221st CC.NN. Legion (Italians living abroad)
- CCXXI CC.NN. Battalion
- CDXXI CC.NN. Battalion
- 321st CC.NN. Legion (Italians living abroad)
- CCCXXI CC.NN. Battalion
- DXXI CC.NN. Battalion
- VI CC.NN. Machine Gun Battalion "Curtatone e Montanara" (University students)
- VI Artillery Group (65/17 field guns, Royal Italian Army unit)
- VI Mixed Transport Unit (Royal Italian Army unit)
- VI Supply Unit (Royal Italian Army unit)
- VI CC.NN. Replacements Battalion
- 6th Special Engineer Company (mixed CC.NN. and Royal Italian Army unit)
- 6th Medical Section (Royal Italian Army unit)
- 6th Logistic Section (Royal Italian Army unit)
- 6th Carabinieri Section
- 219th CC.NN. Legion "Vittorio Veneto" (World War I veterans)
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]
References edit
- ^ a b "Divisione CC.NN. "Tevere"". Regio Esercito. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ^ Del Boca, Angelo (2007). Il gas di Mussolini. Il fascismo e la guerra d'Etiopia. ISBN 9788835958598.
Sources edit
- Ettore Lucas and Giorgio de Vecchi, "Storia delle Unità Combattenti della MVSN 1923-1943", Giovanni Volpe Editore, 1976. pages 63 to 116 plus errata.
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