Italian 1st Eritrean Division

The First Eritrean Division or I Division Indigeni (Native) was organized for service in the Second Italo-Abyssinian War in 1935.

It was formed from the Eritrean askari of the Battalion indigeni (Native Battalions) who provided the regular colonial forces of Italian Eritrea.
It was dissolved in 1936 after the war.[1][2]

  1. ^ Pesenti, Gustavo (1937). La Prima Divisione Eritrea alia battaglia dell'Ascianghi (in Italian). Milan: L'Eroica.
  2. ^ Pesenti, Gustavo (1935). Storia della prima divisione eritrea: 8 aprile 1935-XIII-1 maggio 1936-XIV (in Italian). Milan: L'Eroica.