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105th Infantry Division "Rovigo"
105a Divisione Fanteria Rovigo
105th Infantry Division "Rovigo" insignia
Active 15 March 1942– 9 September 1943
Country Italy Kingdom of Italy
Branch Italy Royal Italian Army
Type Infantry
Size Division
Engagements World War II
Insignia
Identification
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Mostrina - 227°, 228° "Rovigo" World War II - Mostrina - 117° Rgt. Artiglieria "Rovigo" World War II - Mostrina - Genio Divisione "Rovigo" World War II - Mostrina - Sanità Divisione "Rovigo" World War II - Mostrina - Sussistenza Divisione "Rovigo" World War II - Mostrina - Battaglioni mortaisti
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The 105th Infantry Division "Rovigo" (Italian language: 105ª Divisione di fanteria "Rovigo" ) was an infantry division of the Royal Italian Army during World War II. The Rovigo was named for the city of Rovigo and classified as an auto-transportable division, meaning staff and equipment could be transported on cars and trucks, although not simultaneously.[1][2]

History[]

World War I[]

The division's lineage begins with the Brigade "Rovigo" raised on 20 May 1916 with the 227th and 228th infantry regiments. The brigade fought on the Italian front in World War I and was disbanded on 15 November 1917 after it had been overrun during the Battle of Caporetto.[1]

World War II[]

The 105th Infantry Division "Rovigo" was activated in Padua on 15 March 1942 and consisted of the 227th and 228th infantry regiments, and the 117th Artillery Regiment. As a division raised during the war the Rovigo did not have its own regimental depots and therefore its regiments were raised by the depots of the auto-transportable 10th Infantry Division "Piave": the 227th Infantry Regiment "Rovigo" was raised in Vicenza on 5 January 1942 by the 57th Infantry Regiment "Piave"[3] and the 228th Infantry Regiment "Rovigo" was raised in Padua on 1 January 1942 by the 58th Infantry Regiment "Piave",[4] while the 117th Artillery Regiment "Rovigo" was raised in Padua by the 20th Artillery Regiment "Piave".[1]

In June 1942 the division moved its units to Southern Piedmont and then in November 1942 to Liguria after XXII Army Corps and its units guarding the Ligurian coast had participated in the occupation of Southern France and remained there as occupation force. In Liguria the Rovigo formed the mobile reserve behind the 201st Coastal Division in the area of Ventimiglia, Sanremo, Imperia, Albenga, and Loano, from where the task of mobile reserve was continued by the 103rd Infantry Division "Piacenza". After the Armistice of Cassibile was announced on 8 September 1943 the division disintegrated and its remnants were dissolved by the invading Germans on 9 September.[1][2]

Organization[]

  • 105a Divisione Fanteria Rovigo 105th Infantry Division "Rovigo"[1][2]
    • 227th Infantry Regiment "Rovigo"[3]
    • 228th Infantry Regiment "Rovigo"[4]
      • Command Company
      • 3x Fusilier battalions
      • Support Weapons Company (65/17 infantry support guns)
      • Mortar Company (81mm Mod. 35 mortars)
    • 117th Artillery Regiment "Rovigo"
    • CCV Mortar Battalion (81mm Mod. 35 mortars; joined the division in October 1942)
    • 305th Anti-tank Company (47/32 anti-tank guns)
    • 80th Engineer Company
    • 150th Telegraph and Radio Operators Company
    • 105th Medical Section
      • 2x Field hospitals
      • 1x Surgical unit
    • 106th Supply Section
    • Bakers Section
    • 152nd Carabinieri Section
    • 153rd Carabinieri Section
    • 105th Field Post Office

Commanding officers[]

The division's commanding officers were:[1][2]

References[]

  • Paoletti, Ciro (2008). A Military History of Italy. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-275-98505-9. 


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