6th CC.NN. Division "Tevere"

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

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

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

1. "Divisione CC.NN. "Tevere"". Regio Esercito. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
2. Del Boca, Angelo (2007). Il gas di Mussolini. Il fascismo e la guerra d'Etiopia. ISBN 9788835958598.

Sources

• Ettore Lucas and Giorgio de Vecchi, "Storia delle Unità Combattenti della MVSN 1923-1943", Giovanni Volpe Editore, 1976. pages 63 to 116 plus errata.