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The
Agrupación XXIII de Marzo was upgraded to Division status as the Division XXIII Marzo prior to the
Battle of Santander . It was one of the Italian
Blackshirts units sent to
Spain during the
Spanish Civil War to make up the "
Corpo Truppe Volontarie " (Corps of Volunteer Troops), or CTV.
Was strengthened after the end of the
War in the North for the
Aragon Offensive in 1938 with
2nd CCNN Division "Fiamme Nere" and renamed XXIII Marzo Division "Fiamme Nere" (Black Flames in Italian).
Order of battle
Battle of Santander, August 1937
Division XXIII di Marzo
4th Infantry Regiment
Battalion Bufalo
Battalion Vampa
Battalion Toro
5th Battery 65/17
4th Mortar platoon
5th Infantry Regiment
540th Battalion Lupi
Battalion Ardente
Battalion Inesorabile
6th Battery 65/17
5th Mortar platoon
Division Artillery
Grupo de 65/17 (motorized)
Mixed Engineer Company
Logistics Section
Carabinieri Section
Mixed Motor Transport Company
Aragon offensive, 1938
Commander: Luigi Frusci
IV Grupo de banderas
Battalion Bufalo
Battalion Vampa
Battalion Toro
Battery of 65/17
V Grupo de banderas
Battalion Inessorabile
Battalion Ardente
Battalion Lupi
Battery of 65/17
VII Grupo de banderas
Battalion Implacabile
Battalion Inflessibile
Battalion Disperata
Battery of 65/17
Division Artillery
IIº Grupo de 75/27
Grupo de 75/27
Grupo de 100/17
Grupo de 20mm AA
Grupo de 37mm CC
Engineer Company
Logistics Section
Carabinieri Section
Sanitation Section
Truck Company
Sources
de Mesa, José Luis, El regreso de las legiones: (la ayuda militar italiana a la España nacional, 1936-1939) , García Hispán, Granada:España, 1994
ISBN
84-87690-33-5
See also