2nd CC.NN. Division "28 Ottobre"
The 2nd CC.NN. Division "28 Ottobre" was an Italian militia division, formed to participate in the Italian Second Italo-Abyssinian War against Ethiopia in the mid-1930s.
It was named 28 ottobre in honor of the Fascist March on Rome.2nd CC.NN. Division "28 Ottobre with :
- 114th Blackshirts Legion "Garibaldina"
- * 114th "Garibaldino" Blackshirts Battalion
- * 115th "Leonessa" Blackshirts Battalion
- * 114th MMG company
- * 114th pack-artillery battery
, Ethiopia
- 116th Blackshirts Legion "Alpina"
- * 116th "Alpino" Blackshirts Battalion
- * 125th "Ferreo" Blackshirts Battalion - they left a monumental stone in Dogu'a Tembien, a metres-wide phonolite with inscriptions. It is located on top of the Dabba Selama mountain, and was carved by soldiers that participated in the First Battle of Tembien
- * 116th MMG company
- * 116th pack-artillery battery
- 180th Blackshirts Legion "Alessandro Farnese"
- * 174th "Taro" Blackshirts Battalion
- * 180th "Alessandro Farnese" Blackshirts Battalion
- * 180th MMG company
- * 180th pack-artillery battery
- 2nd Blackshirts MMG Battalion
- 2nd Artillery Battalion
- 2nd Special Engineers Company
- 2 x Replacements Battalions
Notes:
- Additionally the division had a medical section, logistics section, and transport of a pack-mules unit, and a mixed trucks unit.
- The division took actively part in the Italian war crimes in Ethiopia.
Order of battle (1940)
"28 Ottobre" Blackshirts Division with :
- 231. CCNN Legion
- * 131. CCNN Battalion
- * 132. CCNN Battalion
- * 135. CCNN Battalion
- 238. CCNN Legion
- * 138. CCNN Battalion
- * 140. CCNN Battalion
- * 145. CCNN Battalion
- 2. CCNN Anti-tank Company
- 202. MG Battalion
- 202. Artillery Regiment
- 202. Mixed Engineer Battalion
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