41st Infantry Division "Firenze"

41st Infantry Division "Firenze"
41st Infantry Division "Firenze" insignia
Active15 September 1939–28 September 1943
Country Kingdom of Italy
Branch Royal Italian Army
TypeInfantry
SizeDivision
Garrison/HQFlorence
EngagementsWorld War II
Italian invasion of France
Invasion of Yugoslavia
Insignia
Identification
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Firenze Division gorget patches

The 41st Infantry Division "Firenze" (Italian: 41ª Divisione di fanteria "Firenze") was an infantry division of the Royal Italian Army during World War II. The Firenze was formed on 15 September 1939 in Florence (Italian: Firenze) and named for the city. The division recruited primarily in Tuscany. After the announcement of the Armistice of Cassibile on 8 September 1943 the division resisted German attempts to disbanded it and on 28 September 1943 the division dissolved itself and formed partisan formations, which joined the Albanian National Liberation Army.[1][2]

  1. ^ "41ª Divisione di fanteria "Firenze"". Regio Esercito. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  2. ^ Bollettino dell'Archivio dell'Ufficio Storico N.II-3 e 4 2002. Rome: Ministero della Difesa - Stato Maggiore dell’Esercito - Ufficio Storico. 2002. p. 281. Retrieved 30 October 2021.