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4th Infantry Division "Littorio"

military unit

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ4639049 ↗
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The Italian 4th Division "Littorio" (Lictor) a regular Infantry Division which was fully motorized. It was formed as one of four divisions for the Corpo Truppe Volontarie during the Spanish Civil War by the Regio Esercito. On its return to Italy it was used to form the 133rd Armoured Division Littorio.

Order of battle March 1, 1937 Battle of Guadalajara

4th Division "Littorio" – Bgd. Gen. Annibale Bergonzoli

1st Infantry Regiment – Colonel Daniele Pescarolo.

1st Battalion

2nd Battalion

3rd Battalion

Support Battery (65/17)

Engineer Section

2nd Infantry Regiment “Osa l’Inosabile” – Coronel Ugo Sprega.

1st Battalion – Lt. Colonel Agostino Camurati

2nd Battalion – Lt. Colonel Virginio Manari

3rd Battalion – Lt.

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Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1937—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Infantry, Division and Littorio is the immediate research focus.
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