207th Coastal Division (Italy)

207th Coastal Division
Active1941 – 1943
Country Kingdom of Italy
Branch Royal Italian Army
SizeDivision
Garrison/HQAgrigento
EngagementsWorld War II
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207th Coastal Division gorget patches

The 207th Coastal Division (Italian: 207ª Divisione Costiera) was an infantry division of the Royal Italian Army during World War II.[1] Royal Italian Army coastal divisions were second line divisions formed with reservists and equipped with second rate materiel. Recruited locally, they were often commanded by officers called out of retirement.[2]

  1. ^ Bollettino dell'Archivio dell'Ufficio Storico N.II-3 e 4 2002. Rome: Ministero della Difesa - Stato Maggiore dell’Esercito - Ufficio Storico. 2002. p. 202. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  2. ^ Jowett p 6