Italian 17 Infantry Division Pavia
- Italian 17 Infantry Division Pavia
The 17th "Pavia" Division was raised as an infantry division. It was sent to Libya for the defence of Libya. It fought in North Africa until it was destroyed in El Alamein.
Order of battle (May 1941)
27th Infantry Regiment
28th Infantry Regiment
6th Armoured Battalion
5th Armoured Car Battalion
26th Artillery Regiment
77th Anti Aircraft Battalion
679th Carabinieri Platoon
135th Motorized Transport Company
66th Field Hospital
84th Field Hospital
With only the 17th "Pavia" Division, General Zaglio, attacks on 31 March 1941 Australian rearguards via the Balbia coast road from Agedabia, driving its survivors back to Mechili; on the 6th he surrounds the town. The "Fabris" and "Montemurro" Bersaglieri Motorised Battalions come up in support. On the 8th of April General Gambier-Parry surrenders to General Zaglio. In the first week of fighting the "Pavia" Division captures 3,000 British, Indian and Australian soldiers.
Zaglio's continuing unauthorised advance helps isolate the strong garrison in Tobruk. The division skirmishes nightly with the defenders, and contains great part of the garrison with just four infantry battalions.
The British 70th Infantry Division broke through the Bologna Division on 23 November 1941, with the British starting an offensive on 18 November. The Italians fought off a stong armour-infantry attack, and the "Pavia" Division went over to the counterattack themselves, sealing off the enemy breakthrough in heavy fighting.
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