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Axis Forces

Armed Forces Command Sicily

The Armed Forces Command Sicily based in Enna under Generale d'Armata Alfredo Guzzoni had command of all axis forces on Sicily.

Italian 6th Army

The Royal Italian Army's 6th Army co-located with Armed Forces Command Sicily in Enna and also commanded by Generale d'Armata Alfredo Guzzoni had command of all Royal Italian Army and German Army units on Sicily.
The German Army Liaison Officer was Generalleutnant Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin

6th Army, in Enna - Generale d'Armata Alfredo Guzzoni; Chief of Staff Generale di Brigata Emilio Faldella

10th Self-propelled Anti-tank Grouping, in Agrigento

CLXI Anti-tank Group, in San Michele di Ganzaria (90/53 self-propelled guns)

CLXII Anti-tank Group, in Borgesati (90/53 self-propelled guns)

CLXIII Anti-tank Group, in Paternò (90/53 self-propelled guns)

131st Tank Infantry Regiment (commands Mobile Group "H")

XII Tank Battalion "L" (detached to Mobile Group "A")

1st Tank Company (Fiat 3000 tanks; detached to XII Army Corps for static airfield defense)

2nd Tank Company (Fiat 3000 tanks; detached to Mobile Group "H")

CI Tank Battalion (R35 tanks); detached mobile groups D, E, and F)

CII Tank Battalion (R35 tanks; detached to mobile groups A, B, and C)

IV Self-propelled Anti-tank Battalion (47/32 L40 self-propelled guns; detached to 4th Infantry Division "Livorno")

CXXXIII Self-propelled Anti-tank Battalion (47/32 L40 self-propelled guns; detached to mobile groups A, B, and C)

CCXXXIII Self-propelled Anti-tank Battalion (47/32 L40 self-propelled guns; detached to XII Army Corps)

XII Dismounted Squadrons Group/ Regiment "Cavalleggeri di Palermo"

II Battalion/ 10th Arditi Regiment

DV Self-propelled Anti-aircraft Artillery Group (90/53 anti-aircraft guns mounted on Breda 51 trucks)

2x Bersaglieri motorcyclist companies

2x Anti-aircraft artillery batteries (20/65 anti-aircraft guns)

1x Anti-aircraft artillery battery (75/46 anti-aircraft guns)

19th Mining Engineers Company

Army Services

The 6th Army fielded more than 100 Anti-paratrooper units of about 30 men each. These units, with the oldest available local reservists, were tasked with searching for allied personnel - paratroopers and pilots - which had parachuted into Sicily behind the frontline.

Italian XII Army Corps

XII Army Corps, in Corleone - Generale di Corpo d'Armata Mario Arisio, from 12 July: Generale di Corpo d'Armata Francesco Zingales - responsible for Sicily to the West of a line from Cefalù to Licata

12th Army Corps Artillery Grouping

XIX Motorized Artillery Group (105/28 howitzers)

XXI Motorized Artillery Group (105/28 howitzers)

XXII Motorized Artillery Group (105/28 howitzers)

XLVIII Motorized Artillery Group (105/28 howitzers)

CXXI Motorized Artillery Group (149/13 howitzers)

CXXII Motorized Artillery Group (149/13 howitzers)

VII Anti-aircraft Artillery Group (75/46 anti-aircraft guns)

CIV Anti-tank Battalion, in Agrigento (47/32 anti-tank guns) (detached to 177th Mobile Territorial Bersaglieri Regiment)

CX Motorized Artillery Group (75/27 field guns; 2nd Battery detached to Mobile Group "A")

CLI Coastal Artillery Group (149/19 heavy guns, reinforcements from the Italian mainland)

CCXXXIII Motorized Artillery Group (75/27 field guns; detached to 26th Infantry Division "Assietta")

I Bersaglieri Anti-tank Battalion, in Corleone (47/32 anti-tank guns)

1x Engineer battalion

2x Bersaglieri motorcyclist companies

2x Anti-aircraft artillery batteries (20/65 anti-aircraft guns)

Army Corps Services

Coastal Troops Command

Coastal Troops Command - Generale di Divisione Giovanni Marciani

136th (Autonomous) Coastal Regiment - responsible for the coast from the East of Palermo to including Cefalù

CIII Coastal Battalion

CDLXV Coastal Battalion

202nd Coastal Division - Generale di Brigata Gino Ficalbi - responsible for the coast from Mazara del Vallo to Sciacca

124th Coastal Regiment

CCCLXXVI Coastal Battalion

CCCLXXXVI Coastal Battalion

DXLIII Coastal Battalion

142nd Coastal Regiment

CCCLXXVII Coastal Battalion

CDXXVII Coastal Battalion

CDLXVI Coastal Battalion

CDXC Coastal Battalion

62nd Coastal Artillery Grouping

LVI Coastal Artillery Group (149/35 heavy guns)

LXXVI Coastal Artillery Group (149/35 heavy guns)

CLXXI Coastal Artillery Group (105/28 howitzers)

CLXXII Coastal Artillery Group (105/28 howitzers)

63rd Coastal Artillery Grouping

LV Coastal Artillery Group 105/32 field guns)

CXLI Coastal Artillery Group (75/27 field guns)

CXLIII Coastal Artillery Group (149/35 howitzers))

CLVII Coastal Artillery Group (149/19 howitzers)

CCCIII Coastal Battalion

CIX Static Machine Gun Battalion

151st Bersaglieri Motorcyclists Company

102nd Mortar Company (81mm Mod. 35 mortars)

Division Services

207th Coastal Division, in Agrigento - Generale di Brigata Ottorino Schreiber, later Generale di Brigata Augusto De Laurentiis - responsible for the coast from Sciacca to Punta Due Rocche to the East of Licata

138th Coastal Regiment

CCCLXXX Coastal Battalion

CCCLXXXVIII Coastal Battalion

CDXX Coastal Battalion

139th Coastal Regiment, in Licata

CDXIX Coastal Battalion

CCCXC Coastal Battalion

DXXXVIII Coastal Battalion

177th Mobile Territorial Bersaglieri Regiment (attached)

DXXV Bersaglieri Battalion

DXXVI Bersaglieri Battalion

DXXVII Bersaglieri Battalion

CIV Anti-tank Battalion (47/32 anti-tank guns; detached from 12th Army Corps Artillery Grouping)

1st Motorized Machine Gun Company (attached)

12th Coastal Artillery Grouping

XXXV Coastal Artillery Group (3x 105/28 and 1x 75/27 batteries)

CXLV Coastal Artillery Group (2x 105/28 and 1x 75/34 batteries)

CLX Coastal Artillery Group (2x 149/35 and 1x 105mm/27 batteries)

CCXXII Coastal Artillery Group (2x 100/22 batteries)

CIV Coastal Battalion

CV Static Machine Gun Battalion

103rd Mortar Company (81mm Mod. 35 mortars)

Division Services

208th Coastal Division - Generale di Divisione Giovanni Marciani (nominal) - Colonel Dal Monte (effective) - responsible for the coast from Palermo to Trapani

133rd Coastal Regiment

CCXLIV Coastal Battalion

CDXXIII Coastal Battalion

CDXCVIII Coastal Battalion

147th Coastal Regiment

CCCLXXVIII Coastal Battalion

CDXXXVIII Coastal Battalion

DXXXIX Coastal Battalion

28th Coastal Artillery Grouping

CXXIV Coastal Artillery Group (105/14 howitzers

CCXV Coastal Artillery Group (100/17 howitzers)

CXII Machine Gun Battalion

164th Anti-tank Company (47/32 anti-tank guns)

101st Mortar Company (81mm Mod. 35 mortars)

517th Mortar Company (81mm Mod. 35 mortars)

Division Services

230th Coastal Division - Generale di Divisione Egisto Conti - responsible for the coast from the South of Trapani to Mazara del Vallo (division raised on 1 June 1943 from personnel of the 8th Marching Division and arrived in Sicily on 3 July 1943, augmented with units of the 202nd Coastal Division)

120th Coastal Regiment

CCXLV Coastal Battalion

DCCCLVII Coastal Battalion

DCCCLXXX Coastal Battalion

184th Coastal Regiment

CCCLXXXVII Coastal Battalion

CDXCVII Coastal Battalion

43rd Coastal Artillery Grouping

VII Coastal Artillery Group (1x 149/35 and 1x 155/36 batteries)

XX Coastal Artillery Group (1x 149/35 and 1x 155/36 batteries)

XXII Coastal Artillery Group (105/28 howitzers)

CCXVIII Coastal Artillery Group (100/22 howitzers)

712th Machine Gun Company

Division Services

XXIX Coastal Brigade - Harbor Defense Command "N", in Palermo - Generale di Divisione Giuseppe Molinero

CCCIV Coastal Battalion

CCCXLIV Coastal Battalion

CDLXXVI Coastal Battalion

XXX Dismounted Squadrons Group/ Regiment "Cavalleggeri di Palermo"

I Group/ 25th Artillery Regiment "Assietta"/ 26th Infantry Division "Assietta" (100/17 howitzers)

XLI Coastal Artillery Group

121st Battery, at Punta la Barbara (2x 152/45 cannons)

122nd Battery, at Aspra (2x 152/45 cannons)

2x batteries (1x with 75/27 field guns, 1x with 105/28 howitzers)

51st Heavy Artillery Battery

Tactical Groups

Tactical groups were created from corps assets and detached units of the army corps's two infantry divisions. The groups were deployed near the beaches most likely to be used by the allies.

Tactical Group "Chiusa Sclafani", in Chiusa Sclafani

10th Bersaglieri Regiment

XXXV Bersaglieri Battalion

LXXIII Bersaglieri Battalion

LXXIV Bersaglieri Battalion

CIII Motorized Artillery Group (75/27 field guns)

4th Self-propelled Company (75/18 self-propelled guns)

10th Armored Car Squadron (AB 41 armored cars)

Tactical Group "Alcamo-Partinico", in the area of Alcamo and Partinico

171st CC.NN. Legion "Vespri"/ 28th Infantry Division "Aosta"

CLXVIII CC.NN. Battalion

CLXXI CC.NN. Battalion

171st CC.NN. Machine Gun Company

I Group/ 22nd Artillery Regiment "Aosta" (75/27 field guns)

Tactical Group "Inchiapparo-Casale", in the area of Inchiapparo and Casale

LI Bersaglieri Battalion

82nd Anti-tank Battery (75/39 anti-tank guns)

Tactical Group "Campobello-Ravanusa", in the area of Campobello di Licata and Ravanusa

I Squadrons Group/ Regiment "Cavalleggeri di Palermo"

XVII CC.NN. Battalion/ 17th CC.NN. Legion "Cremona"/ 26th Infantry Division "Assietta"

259th Machine Gun Company/ 17th CC.NN. Legion "Cremona"/ 26th Infantry Division "Assietta"

Mobile Groups

Mobile groups were fully motorized battle groups created from corps assets and detached units of the army corps's two infantry divisions. The groups were deployed near the beaches most likely to be used by the allies.

Mobile Group "A", in Paceco - Lieutenant Colonel Renato Perrone

Headquarters Company/ XII Tank Battalion "L"

1st Company/ CXXXIII Self-propelled Anti-tank Battalion (47/32 L40 self-propelled guns)

4th Company/ CII Tank Battalion (R35 tanks)

3rd Company/ CDXLVIII Motorized Coastal Battalion

2nd Battery/ CX Motorized Artillery Group (75/27 field guns)

2nd Section/ 328th Anti-aircraft Battery/ 22nd Artillery Regiment "Aosta" (20/65 anti-aircraft guns)

Mobile Group "B", in Santa Ninfa - Lieutenant Colonel Vito Gaetano Mascio

Headquarters Company/ CXXXIII Self-propelled Anti-tank Battalion

3rd Company/ CXXXIII Self-propelled Anti-tank Battalion (47/32 self-propelled guns)

6th Company/ CII Tank Battalion (R35 tanks)

1st and 2nd companies/ CDXLVIII Motorized Coastal Battalion

161st Bersaglieri Motorcyclists Company

6th Battery/ CCXXXIII Motorized Artillery Group (75/27 field guns)

2nd Section/ 10th Anti-aircraft Battery/ 25th Artillery Regiment "Assietta" (20/65 anti-aircraft guns)

Mobile Group "C", in Portella Misilbesi - Lieutenant Colonel Osvaldo Mazzei

Headquarters Company/ CII Tank Battalion

2nd Company/ CXXXIII Self-propelled Anti-tank Battalion (47/32 self-propelled guns)

5th Company/ CII Tank Battalion (R35 tanks)

4th Company/ CDXLVIII Motorized Coastal Battalion

104th Anti-tank company (47/32 anti-tank guns)

10th Battery/ IV Group/ 25th Artillery Regiment "Assietta" (75/27 field guns)

4th Section/ 326th Anti-aircraft Battery/ 25th Artillery Regiment "Assietta" (20/65 anti-aircraft guns)

XII Army Corps Reserve

The 26th Infantry Division "Assietta" had been transferred from its bases and recruiting area in eastern Piedmont to Sicily in August 1941. The division's pre-deployment headquarters were in Asti, while's its two infantry regiments had been based in Asti (29th) and Tortona (30th), with the division's artillery regiment also based at Asti.

26th Infantry Division "Assietta" - Generale di Divisione Francesco Scotti, from 26 July: Generale di Brigata Ottorino Schreiber

29th Infantry Regiment "Assietta"

3x Fusilier battalions

Support Weapons Company (65/17 infantry support guns)

Mortar Company (81mm Mod. 35 mortars)

30th Infantry Regiment "Assietta"

3x Fusilier battalions

Support Weapons Company (65/17 infantry support guns)

Mortar Company (81mm Mod. 35 mortars)

17th CC.NN. Legion "Cremona"

XVII CC.NN. Battalion (detached to Tactical Group "Campobello-Ravanusa")

XVIII CC.NN. Battalion

259th CC.NN. Machine Gun Company (detached to Tactical Group "Campobello-Ravanusa")

25th Artillery Regiment "Assietta"

I Artillery Group (100/17 howitzers; detached to XXIX Coastal Brigade)

II Artillery Group (100/17 howitzers)

III Artillery Group (75/27 field guns)

IV Artillery Group (75/27 field guns; 10th Battery detached to Mobile Group "C")

10th Anti-aircraft Battery (20/65 anti-aircraft guns; 2nd Section detached to Mobile Group "B")

326th Anti-aircraft Battery (20/65 anti-aircraft guns; 4th Sections detached to Mobile Group "C")

XXVI Mortar Battalion (81mm Mod. 35 mortars)

CXXVI Machine Gun Battalion

CCXXXIII Motorized Artillery Group (75/27 field guns; 6th Battery detached to Mobile Group "C")

Mixed Engineer Battalion

50th Bersaglieri Motorcyclists Company (attached)

126th Anti-tank Company (47/32 anti-tank guns)

Division Services

The 28th Infantry Division "Aosta" was one of three divisions, which recruited in Sicily. It mainly drafted men from western Sicily and had its peacetime headquarters in Palermo. It's two infantry regiments were based in Trapani (5th) and Palermo (6th), where also the division's artillery regiment was based.

28th Infantry Division "Aosta" - Generale di Divisione Giuseppe Romano

5th Infantry Regiment "Aosta"

3x Fusilier battalions

Support Weapons Company (65/17 infantry support guns)

Mortar Company (81mm Mod. 35 mortars)

6th Infantry Regiment "Aosta"

3x Fusilier battalions

Support Weapons Company (65/17 infantry support guns)

Mortar Company (81mm Mod. 35 mortars)

171st CC.NN. Legion "Vespri" (detached as Tactical Group "Alcamo-Partinico")

CLXVIII CC.NN. Battalion

CLXXI CC.NN. Battalion

171st CC.NN. Machine Gun Company

22nd Artillery Regiment "Aosta"

I Artillery Group (75/27 field guns; detached to Tactical Group "Alcamo-Partinico")

II Artillery Group (75/27 howitzers)

III Motorized Group (75/18 Mod. 35 field guns)

IV Artillery Group (75/13 mountain guns)

328th Anti-aircraft Battery (20/65 anti-aircraft guns; 2nd Section detached to Mobile Group "A")

365th Anti-aircraft Battery (20/65 anti-aircraft guns)

XXVIII Mortar Battalion (81mm Mod. 35 mortars)

CXXVIII Mixed Engineer Battalion

28th Anti-tank Company (47/32 anti-tank guns)

Division Services

Italian XVI Army Corps

XVI Army Corps, in Piazza Armerina - Generale di Corpo d'Armata Carlo Rossi - responsible for Sicily to the East of a line from Cefalù to Gela

40th Army Corps Artillery Grouping, in Piazza Armerina

X Motorized Artillery Group (105/28 howitzers)

XVI Motorized Artillery Group (105/28 howitzers)

XXIX Motorized Artillery Group (105/28 howitzers)

CIX Motorized Artillery Group (149/13 howitzers)

CX Heavy Artillery Group (149/13 howitzers)

16th Army Corps Engineer Grouping

LVIII Bersaglieri Battalion

XII Army Corps Machine Gun Battalion

CCXXXIII Self-propelled Anti-tank Battalion (47/32 L40 self-propelled guns)

XI Anti-aircraft Artillery Group (75/46 anti-aircraft guns)

1x Engineer battalion

Army Corps Services

Coastal Troops Command

Coastal Troops Command - Generale di Divisione Achille d'Havet

206th Coastal Division, in Modica - Generale di Divisione Achille d'Havet - responsible for the coast from Punta Braccetto in Santa Croce Camerina to Arenella to the South of Syracuse

122nd Coastal Regiment

CCXLIII Coastal Battalion

CCCLXXV Coastal Battalion

123rd Coastal Regiment

CCCLXXXI Coastal Battalion

CCCLXXXIII Coastal Battalion

DXLII Coastal Battalion

146th Coastal Regiment

CCCLXXIV Coastal Battalion

CDXXX Coastal Battalion

CDXXXVII Coastal Battalion

44th Coastal Artillery Grouping

CII Coastal Artillery Group (75/27 field guns)

CLXI Coastal Artillery Group (149/35 heavy guns)

CLXIV Coastal Artillery Group (149/35 heavy guns)

CCIX Coastal Artillery Group (100/22 howitzers)

CCXXIV Coastal Artillery Group (100/22 howitzers)

227th Coastal Artillery Battery (105/14 howitzers)

DXLII Mobile Territorial Bersaglieri Battalion (attached, 2nd Company detached to Mobile Group "F")

CIV Static Machine Gun Battalion

CCXX Self-propelled Anti-tank Battalion (attached; 47/32 L40 self-propelled guns)

122nd Engineer Platoon

2x Anti-paratrooper units

Division Services

213th Coastal Division, Generale di Brigata Carlo Gotti - responsible for the coast from Punta Castelluccio in Agnone Bagni to Moleti south of Messina

135th Coastal Regiment

XII Coastal Battalion

CII Coastal Battalion

CCCLXIX Coastal Battalion

CCCLXXII Coastal Battalion

21st Coastal Artillery Grouping

XXX Coastal Artillery Group (105/28 howitzers)

XC Coastal Artillery Group (2x 149/19 and 2x 149/35 heavy gun batteries)

CXLIV Coastal Artillery Group (105/14 howitzers)

CCXXX Coastal Artillery Group (100/22 howitzers)

CLIII Static Machine Gun Battalion

Division Services

XVIII Coastal Brigade, in Niscemi Generale di Brigata Orazio Mariscalco - responsible for the coast from Punta Due Rocche to the East of Licata to Punta Braccetto in Santa Croce Camerina

134th Coastal Regiment

CDXXIX Coastal Battalion

CCCLXXXIV Coastal Battalion

178th Coastal Regiment

DI Coastal Battalion (4th Company detached to Mobile Group "E")

CCCLXXXIX Coastal Battalion

60th Coastal Artillery Grouping

XXI Coastal Artillery Group (2x 75/27 field gun and 2x 75/34 anti-tank gun batteries)

LXXXI Coastal Artillery Group (75/32 field guns)

CLXII Coastal Artillery Group (149/35 heavy guns)

CCIX Coastal Artillery Group (100/22 howitzers)

81st Artillery Battery (75/34 anti-tank guns)

106th Mortar Company (81mm Mod. 35 mortars)

426th Mortar Company (81mm Mod. 35 mortars)

268th Anti-tank Company (47/32 anti-tank guns)

288th Artillery Battery (155/36 guns)

455th, 456th, 526th, and 332nd Anti-paratrooper units

Brigade Services

XIX Coastal Brigade, Generale di Brigata Giovanni Bocchetti - responsible for the coast from the West of Messina to, but excluding, Cefalù

140th Coastal Regiment

CI Coastal Battalion

CDXLVII Coastal Battalion

179th Coastal Regiment

CDXXXV Coastal Battalion

D Coastal Battalion

61st Coastal Artillery Grouping

Coastal Artillery Group (4x batteries of 75/27 field guns)

Coastal Artillery Group (4x batteries of 122/45 howitzers)

128th Coastal Artillery Battery (105/28 howitzers)

XV Anti-tank battalion (attached; 47/32 anti-tank guns)

52nd Bersaglieri Motorcyclists Company (attached)

104th Mortar Company (81mm Mod. 35 mortars)

413th Static Mortar Company (81mm Mod. 35 mortars)

Brigade Services

Harbor Defense Command "H", in Catania - Generale di Brigata Azzo Passalacqua

CDXXXIV Coastal Battalion

CDLXXVII Coastal Battalion

XXVI Coastal Artillery Group (75/27 field guns)

105th Mortar Company (81mm Mod. 35 mortars)

Tactical Groups

Tactical groups were created from corps assets and detached units of the army corps's two infantry divisions. The groups were deployed near the beaches most likely to be used by the allies.

Tactical Group "Barcellona", in Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto

Headquarters Company/ CIII Anti-tank Battalion

2nd Company/ CIII Anti-tank Battalion (47/32 anti-tank guns)

7th Bersaglieri Motorcyclists Company

12th Battery/ IV Group/ 54th Artillery Regiment "Napoli" (75/18 field guns)

Arditi Platoon/ CDXLVII Coastal Battalion

Tactical Group "Carmito", in Carmito

IV Self-propelled Anti-tank Battalion/ 4th Infantry Division "Livorno" (47/32 L40 self-propelled guns)

53rd Bersaglieri Motorcyclists Company

Tactical Group "Comiso-Ispica", in the area of Comiso and Ispica - Colonel Busalacchi

CLXXIII CC.NN. Battalion

I Group/ 54th Artillery Regiment "Napoli" (100/17 howitzers)

174th CC.NN. Machine Gun Company

2nd Company/ LIV Mortar Battalion/ 54th Infantry Division "Napoli" (81mm Mod. 35 mortars)

1x Anti-Tank platoon (47mm/32)

Tactical Group "Linguaglossa", in Linguaglossa

LVII Bersaglieri Battalion

54th Bersaglieri Motorcyclists Company

11th Battery/ IV Group/ 54th Artillery Regiment "Napoli" (75/18 Mod. 35 field guns)

Mobile Groups

Mobile groups were fully motorized battle groups created from corps assets and detached units of the army corps's two infantry divisions. The groups were deployed near the beaches most likely to be used by the allies.

Mobile Group "D", in Misterbianco - Lieutenant Colonel Massimino D'Andretta

Headquarters Company/ CI Tank Battalion

3rd Company/ CI Tank Battalion (R35 tanks)

2nd Bersaglieri Motorcyclists Company

7th Company/ II Fusilier Battalion/ 76th Infantry Regiment "Napoli"

1st Company/ CIII Anti-tank Battalion (47/32 anti-tank guns)

10th Battery/ IV Group/ 54th Artillery Regiment "Napoli" (75/18 Mod. 35 field guns)

1st Section/ 354th Anti-aircraft Battery/ 54th Infantry Division "Napoli" (20/65 anti-aircraft guns)

Mobile Group "E", in Niscemi - Captain Giuseppe Granieri (destroyed in the Battle of Gela)

1st Company/ CI Tank Battalion (R35 tanks)

2nd Company/ CII Anti-tank Battalion (47/32 anti-tank guns)

155th Bersaglieri Motorcyclists Company

4th Company/ DI Coastal Battalion/ XVIII Coastal Brigade

9th Battery/ III Group/ 54th Artillery Regiment "Napoli" (75/18 field guns)

1st Section/ 21st Anti-aircraft Battery/ 54th Infantry Division "Napoli" (20/65 anti-aircraft guns)

Mobile Group "F", in Rosolini

Headquarters Company/ CII Anti-tank Battalion

2nd Company/ CI Tank Battalion (R35 tanks, 1x platoon detached to Mobile Group "G")

3rd Bersaglieri Motorcyclists Company

2nd Company/ DXLII Mobile Territorial Bersaglieri Battalion

1st Company/ CII Anti-tank Battalion (47/32 anti-tank guns)

2nd Battery/ CXXVI Motorized Artillery Group (75/27 field guns)

Mobile Group "G", in Comiso - Lieutenant Colonel Porcù

CLXIX CC.NN. Battalion/ 173rd CC.NN. Legion "Salso"/ 54th Infantry Division "Napoli"

3rd Company/ CII Anti-tank Battalion (47/32 anti-tank guns)

8th Battery/ III Group/ 54th Artillery Regiment "Napoli" (75/18 field guns)

1x Platoon/ 2nd Company/ CI Tank Battalion (R35 tanks)

Mobile Group "H", in Caltagirone - Lieutenant Colonel Luigi Cixi

Headquarters Company/ 131st Tank Infantry Regiment

2nd Tank Company (9x Fiat 3000 tanks)

3rd Company/ CIII Anti-tank Battalion (47/32 anti-tank guns)

7th Battery/ III Group/ 54th Artillery Regiment "Napoli" (75/18 field guns)

1x Platoon/ Mortar Company/ 76th Infantry Regiment "Napoli" (81mm Mod. 35 mortars)

XVI Army Corps Reserve

The 4th Infantry Division "Livorno" had been transferred from its bases and recruiting area in southern Piedmont to Sicily in February 1943. Initially intended as reinforcement for Army Group Africa fighting in Tunisia, the Army Group's disastrous situation and retreat to Tunis prevented the division's transfer to Tunisia. The division's pre-deployment headquarters were in Cuneo, while's its two infantry regiments had been based in Cuneo (33rd) and Fossano (34th), where also the division's artillery regiment had been based.

4th Infantry Division "Livorno" - Generale di Divisione Domenico Chirieleison

33rd Infantry Regiment "Livorno"

3x Fusilier battalions (2x motorized)

Support Weapons Company (65/17 infantry support guns)

Mortar Company (81mm Mod. 35 mortars)

34th Infantry Regiment "Livorno"

3x Fusilier battalions (2x motorized)

Support Weapons Company (65/17 infantry support guns)

Mortar Company (81mm Mod. 35 mortars)

185th Infantry Regiment "Nembo" (attached from 3 to 13 August 1943)

III Paratroopers Battalion

VIII Paratroopers Battalion

XI Paratroopers Battalion

Cannons Company (47/32 anti-tank guns)

28th Artillery Regiment "Livorno"

I Motorized Group (100/17 howitzers)

II Motorized Group (100/17 howitzers)

III Motorized Group (75/18 Mod. 35 field guns)

IV Motorized Group (75/18 field guns)

78th Anti-aircraft Battery (20/65 anti-aircraft guns)

2x Anti-aircraft batteries (20/65 anti-aircraft guns)

IV Self-propelled Anti-tank Battalion (47/32 L40 self-propelled guns; detached to Tactical Group "Carmito")

IV Mortar Battalion (81mm Mod. 35 mortars)

IV Motorized Engineer Battalion

XI Sapper Battalion (attached)

4th Anti-tank Company (47/32 anti-tank guns)

Division Services

The 54th Infantry Division "Napoli" was one of three divisions, which recruited in Sicily. It mainly drafted men from southern Sicily and had its peacetime headquarters in Caltanissetta. It's two infantry regiments were based in Syracuse (75th) and Agrigento (76th), while the division's artillery regiment was based in Caltanissetta.

54th Infantry Division "Napoli", Generale di Divisione Giulio Cesare Gotti Porcinari

75th Infantry Regiment "Napoli"

3x Fusilier battalions

Support Weapons Company (47/32 anti-tank guns)

Mortar Company (81mm Mod. 35 mortars)

76th Infantry Regiment "Napoli"

3x Fusilier battalions (7th Company/ II Fusilier Battalion detached to Mobile Group "D")

Support Weapons Company (47/32 anti-tank guns)

Mortar Company (81mm Mod. 35 mortars; one platoon detached to Mobile Group "H")

173rd CC.NN. Legion "Salso"

CLXIX CC.NN. Battalion (detached to Mobile Group "G")

CLXXIII CC.NN. Battalion (detached to Tactical Group "Comiso-Ispica")

174th CC.NN. Machine Gun Company (detached to Tactical Group "Comiso-Ispica")

54th Artillery Regiment "Napoli"

I Group (100/17 howitzers, detached to Tactical Group "Comiso-Ispica")

II Group (75/27 field guns)

III Motorized Group (75/18 Mod. 35 field guns; all batteries detached to tactical and mobile groups)

IV Motorized Group (75/18 field guns; all batteries detached to mobile groups)

21st Anti-aircraft Battery (20/65 anti-aircraft guns; 1st Section detached to Mobile Group "E")

354th Anti-aircraft Battery (20/65 anti-aircraft guns; 1st Section detached to Mobile Group "D")

LIV Machine Gun Battalion (81mm Mod. 35 mortars)

LIV Mortar Battalion (81mm Mod. 35 mortars, 2nd Company detached to Tactical Group "Comiso-Ispica")

CXXVI Motorized Artillery Group (75/27 field guns, 2nd Battery detached to Mobile Group "F")

LIV Engineer Battalion

54th Anti-tank Company (47/32 anti-tank guns)

Division Services

German XIV Panzer Corps

The XIV Panzer Corps was activated 18 July 1943 to take command of the 15th Panzergrenadier Division, the Hermann Göring Division, the newly arrived 1st Parachute Division and the 29th Panzergrenadier Division which started to arrive in Sicily on 18 July. The commanding general was General der Panzertruppe Hans-Valentin Hube.

German XIV Panzer Corps, General der Panzertruppe Hans-Valentin Hube

382nd Panzergrenadier Regiment (reinforcements, arrived 11 July)

2x battalions (a third battalion remained in Naples)

904th Fortress Battalion

923rd Fortress Battalion

926th Fortress Battalion

4th Battery/ I Battalion/ 71st Werfer Regiment (15 cm Nebelwerfer 41 and 21 cm Nebelwerfer 42)

Panzer Division "Hermann Göring" - Generalleutnant Paul Conrath (attached to XVI Italian Army Corps until the activation of XIV Panzer Corps on 18 July)

Panzer Regiment "Hermann Göring"

2x tank battalions, 1x assault gun battalion (43x Panzer III L/M, 7x Panzer III K 3x Panzer III N, 32x Panzer IV F2/G, 20x StuG IIIG, 9x StuH 42)

1st Panzergrenadier Regiment "Hermann Göring"

3x battalions

2nd Panzergrenadier Regiment "Hermann Göring"

3x battalions

Panzer Artillery Regiment "Hermann Göring"

I Battalion (3x 10.5 cm leFH 18 batteries)

II Battalion (2x 10.5 cm leFH 18 and 1x 10 cm sK 18 batteries)

III Battalion (2x 15 cm sFH 18 and 1x 10 cm sK 18 batteries)

Anti-aircraft Regiment "Hermann Göring"

I Battalion (3x 8.8 cm Flak and 2x 2 cm Flak batteries)

II Battalion (3x 8.8 cm Flak and 4x 2 cm Flak batteries; reinforcements arriving 30 July)

Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion "Hermann Göring"

Panzer Engineer Battalion "Hermann Göring"

Panzer Signal Battalion "Hermann Göring"

Replacement Battalion "Hermann Göring"

2nd Company/ 504th Heavy Tank Battalion (17x Tiger I)

Division Services

15th Panzergrenadier Division - Generalmajor Eberhard Rodt (one third of the division (a reinforced infantry group) was attached to the XVI Italian Army Corps and the rest to the XII Italian Army Corps until the activation of XIV Panzer Corps on 18 July)

104th Panzergrenadier Regiment

2x battalions

115th Panzergrenadier Regiment

2x battalions

129th Panzergrenadier Regiment

3x battalions

33rd Motorized Artillery Regiment

I Battalion (3x 10.5 cm leFH 18 batteries)

II Battalion (3x 17 cm Kanone 18 batteries; former 557th Heavy Artillery Battalion)

III Battalion (2x 10.5 cm leFH 18 and 1x mortar batteries)

IV Battalion (3x 10.5 cm leFH 18 batteries)

Panzergrenadier Battalion "Reggio", in Reggio Calabria

215th Panzer Battalion (6x Panzer III, 46x Panzer IV)

33rd Engineer Battalion

315th Anti-aircraft Battalion (2x 8.8 cm Flak, 1x 3.7 cm Flak and 1x 2 cm Flak batteries)

999th Signal Battalion

Division Services

1st Fallschirmjäger Division - Generalleutnant Richard Heidrich (commenced arriving by air on 12 July; the 1st Fallschirmjäger Regiment was held in reserve at Naples)

3rd Fallschirmjäger Regiment

3x battalions

13th Mortar Company

14th Anti-tank Company

4th Fallschirmjäger Regiment

3x battalions

13th Mortar Company

14th Anti-tank Company

1st Parachute Artillery Regiment

I Battalion (3x batteries 7.5 cm GebG 36)

II Battalion (3x batteries 7.5 cm GebG 36; with the 1st Fallschirmjäger Regiment at Naples)

1st Parachute Machine Gun Battalion

1st Parachute Panzerjäger Battalion (7.5 cm Pak 40 anti-tank guns)

1st Parachute Engineer Battalion

1st Parachute Signal Battalion

Division Services

29th Panzergrenadier Division - Generalmajor Walter Fries (commenced arriving in Sicily on 18 July)

15th Panzergrenadier Regiment

3x battalions

13th Mortar Company (6x sIG Grille)

14th Anti-tank Company (3x 7.5 cm Pak 40, 6x 5 cm Pak 38)

71st Panzergrenadier Regiment

3x battalions

13th Company (6x sIG Grille)

14th Anti-tank Company (3x 7.5 cm Pak 40, 6x 5 cm Pak 38)

29th Artillery Regiment

I Self-propelled Battalion (18x le.F.H. Wespe)

II Battalion

III Battalion

129th Panzer Battalion (43x StuG III, 3x Panzer III K)

129th Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion (remained in Southern Italy)

29th Engineer Battalion

313th Anti-aircraft Battalion (2x 8.8 cm Flak and 1x 3.7 cm Flak batteries)

29th Signal Battalion

Division Services

Territorial Defense Command Palermo

The Territorial Defense Command was tasked with rear area security duties, the training of recruits, and the formation of units.

Territorial Defense Command Palermo, in Palermo

25th Military Zone, in Palermo

Infantry Complementary Officer Recruits School

185th Coastal Regiment (activated on 20 May 1943)

186th Coastal Regiment (activated on 1 June 1943 - not fully mobilized)

188th Coastal Regiment (activated on 15 June 1943 - not fully mobilized)

189th Coastal Regiment (activated on 15 June 1943 - not fully mobilized)

Territorial Carabinieri Legion "Palermo"

13th CC.NN. Railway Legion (rail transport police)

22nd CC.NN. Anti-aircraft Legion

See Territorial Anti-aircraft Defense section for details

5th CC.NN. Road Units Group (traffic police)

I CC.NN. Forestry Battalion (forest/environmental police)

CCCLXVIII Mobile Territorial CC.NN. Battalion

CCCLXX Territorial CC.NN. Battalion

CCCLXXI Territorial CC.NN. Battalion

CCCLXXII Territorial CC.NN. Battalion

58th, 59th, 67th, 68th, 72nd, 73rd, and 74th Coastal CC.NN. companies

4x Coastal artillery batteries

28th Infantry Division "Aosta" Depot, in Palermo

54th Infantry Division "Napoli" Depot, in Caltanissetta

26th Military Zone, in Messina

Territorial Carabinieri Legion "Messina"

DLXVII Mobile Territorial CC.NN. Battalion

CCCLXXIII Territorial CC.NN. Battalion

75th Coastal CC.NN. Company

29th Infantry Division "Piemonte" Depot, in Messina

The 29th Infantry Division "Piemonte" was one of three infantry divisions, which recruited in Sicily. It mainly drafted men from eastern Sicily and had its peacetime headquarters in Messina. It's two infantry regiments were based in Messina (3rd) and Catania (4th), with the division's artillery regiment based also in Messina. In September 1940 the division was transferred to Albania and remained in the Balkans and Greece until it disbanded after the Italian-Allied Armistice of Cassibile.

Maritime Military Command Sicily

Military harbors in Sicily were under command of the Royal Italian Navy's Maritime Military Command Sicily (Italian: Comando Militare Marittimo in Sicilia) in Messina, which fell under Armed Forces Command Sicily. The command's commanding officer was Ammiraglio di Squadra Pietro Barone and a large majority of its units were Royal Italian Army and CC.NN. units. The only naval units in Sicily in July 1943 were twenty torpedo boats of the 3rd and 7th torpedo boat squadrons.

Besides the three major commands listed below the Royal Italian Navy was also present with administrative Navy Commands in Catania, Palermo, and Porto Empedocle.

Maritime Military Base Messina-Reggio Calabria

Maritime Military Base Messina-Reggio Calabria, in Messina - Ammiraglio di Squadra Pietro Barone

116th Coastal Regiment, in Reggio Calabria

CLVI Coastal Battalion

DII Coastal Battalion

119th Coastal Regiment

CCCLXX Coastal Battalion

CCCLXXI Coastal Battalion

CDXLII Coastal Battalion

DIII Coastal Battalion

95th CC.NN. Legion "Marzocco"

XCIII CC.NN. Battalion

XCV CC.NN. Battalion

93rd CC.NN. Machine Gun Company

DLXIII Mobile Territorial CC.NN. Battalion (from the 163rd CC.NN. Legion "Tommaso Gulli" in Reggio Calabria)

DLXVI Mobile Territorial CC.NN. Battalion

XIII Dismounted Squadrons Group/ Regiment "Cavalleggeri di Palermo"

CCLV Coastal Artillery Battalion, in Reggio Calabria (100/22 howitzers)

CLVIII Coastal Artillery Battalion (149/19 heavy guns)

6th CC.NN. Maritime Artillery Legion

6th CC.NN. Maritime Artillery Legion, in Messina

50th, 51st, 52nd, 53rd, 54th, and 55th Coastal CC.NN. companies

Sicilian Command Group North, in Fort Menaja

Coastal Artillery Battery "Masotto" (6x 280/9 coastal defense howitzers)

Coastal Artillery Battery "Spartà" (3x 152/45 naval guns and 1x 120/40 naval gun)

Coastal Artillery Battery "Mezzacapo" (4x 120/50 naval guns)

Artillery Battery "RE 198" (4x 105/28 field guns; Royal Italian Army)

Searchlights at Pace del Mela and Torre Faro; optical telegraph at Fort Spuria; reconnaissance station at Piano del Giglio

Anti-aircraft Command Group North, at Tremonti

Dual-role Battery "MS 123" (4x 90/42 naval/anti-aircraft guns)

Dual-role Battery "MS 400" (4x 76/40 naval/anti-aircraft guns)

Anti-aircraft Battery "MS 475" (4x 90/53 anti-aircraft guns)

Anti-aircraft Battery "MS 577" (4x 76/40 anti-aircraft guns)

Anti-aircraft Battery "MS 724" (4x 90/53 anti-aircraft guns)

Anti-aircraft Battery "MS 949" (4x 90/53 anti-aircraft guns)

Sicilian Command Group South, in Puntale Cappellaro

Coastal Artillery Battery "Cavalli" (6x 280/9 coastal defense howitzers)

Coastal Artillery Battery "Margottini" (3x 152/45 naval guns and 1x 120/40 naval gun)

Coastal Artillery Battery "De Cristofaro" (4x 120/40 naval guns)

Artillery Battery "RE 199" (4x 105/28 field guns; Royal Italian Army)

Searchlight at Tremestieri

Anti-aircraft Command Group South, at Montepiselli

Dual-role Battery "MS 3" (4x 76/40 naval/anti-aircraft guns)

Dual-role Battery "MS 280" (4x 90/53 naval/anti-aircraft guns)

Dual-role Battery "MS 525" (4x 90/42 naval/anti-aircraft guns)

Dual-role Battery "MS 611" (4x 76/40 naval/anti-aircraft guns)

After the allies had landed on Sicily the Maritime Military Base Messina-Reggio Calabria was reinforced with every available anti-aircraft battery to protect the vital supply route over the Strait of Messina. Until the end of July the following anti-aircraft units had reached Messina:

Anti-aircraft Battery "MS 120" (4x 90/53 anti-aircraft guns)

Dual-role Battery "MS 159" (4x 90/42 naval/anti-aircraft guns)

Anti-aircraft Battery "MS 253" (4x 76/40 anti-aircraft guns)

Anti-aircraft Battery "MS 277" (4x 90/53 anti-aircraft guns)

Anti-aircraft Battery "MS 328" (4x 90/53 anti-aircraft guns)

Anti-aircraft Battery "RE 344" (8x 37/54 anti-aircraft guns; Royal Italian Army)

Anti-aircraft Battery "MS 349" (4x 90/53 anti-aircraft guns)

Anti-aircraft Battery "MS 434" (4x 90/53 anti-aircraft guns)

Anti-aircraft Battery "MS 477" (4x 76/40 anti-aircraft guns)

Anti-aircraft Battery "MS 553" (8x 37/54 anti-aircraft guns)

Dual-role Battery "MS 620" (4x 90/53 naval/anti-aircraft guns)

Dual-role Battery "MS 713" (4x 76/40 naval/anti-aircraft guns)

Anti-aircraft Battery "MS 807" (4x 90/53 anti-aircraft guns)

Anti-aircraft Battery "MS 881" (4x 90/53 anti-aircraft guns)

Anti-aircraft Battery "MS 905" (4x 76/40 anti-aircraft guns)

Anti-aircraft Battery "MS 940" (4x 90/53 anti-aircraft guns)

Additionally the German Army's 281st Flak Battalion had been transferred to Messina with eight 8.8 cm Flak and six smaller caliber anti-aircraft batteries. After arriving in Messina the 281st Battalion was renamed "Flak Subgroup Messina". Retreating Italian army troops brought a further three 75/46 and six 90/53 anti-aircraft batteries to Messina. On 2 August the retreating 22nd Flak Brigade of the Luftwaffe arrived in Messina and took command of all Axis air-defense units.

14th CC.NN. Maritime Artillery Legion

14th CC.NN. Maritime Artillery Legion, in Reggio Calabria

Calabrian Command Group North, at Fort Siacci

Coastal Artillery Battery "Beleno" (6x 280/9 coastal defense howitzers)

Artillery Battery "RE 196" (4x 105/28 field guns; Royal Italian Army)

Searchlights at Scilla, Santa Trada, and Punta Pezzo

Calabrian Command Group South, in Pentimele Sud

Coastal Artillery Battery "Pellizzari" (4x 280/9 coastal defense howitzers)

Coastal Artillery Battery "Conteduca" (4x 152/50 and 1x 120/40 naval guns)

Artillery Battery "RE 197" (4x 105/28 field guns; Royal Italian Army)

Searchlights at Catona and Pentimele; reconnaissance Station at Torre Lupo

Anti-aircraft Command Group Reggio Calabria:

Dual-role Battery "MS 110" (4x 90/42 naval/anti-aircraft guns)

Anti-aircraft Battery "MS 116" (4x 90/53 anti-aircraft guns)

Dual-role Battery "MS 268" (4x 90/53 naval/anti-aircraft guns)

Anti-aircraft Battery "MS 374" (4x 76/40 anti-aircraft guns)

Anti-aircraft Battery "MS 430" (4x 90/53 anti-aircraft guns)

Dual-role Battery "MS 643" (4x 90/53 naval/anti-aircraft guns)

Dual-role Battery "MS 819" (4x 90/53 naval/anti-aircraft guns)

Additionally the Luftwaffe's 182nd Heavy Flak Battalion had been transferred to Reggio Calabria with eight 8.8 cm Flak, four 10.5 cm Flak, and five smaller caliber anti-aircraft batteries. After arriving in Reggio Calabria the 182nd Battalion was renamed "Flak Subgroup Reggio-San Giovanni". The Germans also deployed four 17 cm cannon batteries as mobile coastal batteries on the Calabrian side of the strait. On 2 August the retreating 22nd Flak Brigade of the Luftwaffe arrived in Messina and took command of all Axis air-defense units.

Maritime Military Sector Augusta-Syracuse

"Lamba Doria" battery 152/50 cannon

The Maritime Military Sector Augusta-Syracuse was responsible for the harbors of Augusta and Syracuse, and the coast between Arenella (206th Coastal Division) to the South and Punta Castelluccio in Agnone Bagni (213th Coastal Division) to the North.

Maritime Military Sector Augusta-Syracuse, in Augusta - Ammiraglio di Divisione Priamo Leonardi

121st Coastal Regiment

CCXLVI Coastal Battalion, in Augusta

CCCLXXXV Coastal Battalion, in Syracuse

DIV Coastal Battalion, between Augusta and Melilli

DXL Coastal Battalion, between Belvedere and Grottone

80th Artillery Battery

5x Blockposts

CCCLXIX Territorial CC.NN. Battalion

I Protection Battalion (Royal Italian Air Force unit at Seaplane Base Syracuse)

1x Royal Italian Navy battalion

5x Anti-paratrooper units

7th CC.NN. Maritime Artillery Legion

7th CC.NN. Maritime Artillery Legion

60th, and 63rd Coastal CC.NN. companies

Augusta Sector

Coastal Artillery Battery "Luigi di Savoia" (2x 203/50 naval guns)

Coastal Artillery Battery "Biagio Assereto" (3x 152/50 and 1x 120/40 naval guns)

Coastal Artillery Battery "Bozzo Gravina"(3x 152/50 and 1x 120/40 naval guns)

Floating Battery "GM 216" (2x 190/45 naval guns, 2x 20/70 anti-aircraft guns)

Floating battery "GM 239"(2x 149/47 and 1x 76/40 naval guns, 2x 20/70 anti-aircraft guns)

Dual-role Battery "AS 269" (6x 102/35 naval/anti-aircraft guns)

Dual-role Battery "AS 360" (6x 76/40 naval/anti-aircraft guns)

Dual-role Battery "AS 361" (6x 102/35 naval/anti-aircraft guns)

Dual-role Battery "AS 362" (6x 102/35 naval/anti-aircraft guns)

Dual-role Battery "AS 363" (6x 76/40 naval/anti-aircraft guns)

Anti-aircraft Battery "AS 364" (6x 76/40 anti-aircraft guns)

Dual-role Battery "AS 383" (6x 102/35 naval/anti-aircraft guns)

Anti-aircraft Battery "AS 416" (6x 76/40 anti-aircraft guns)

Dual-role Battery "AS 561" (6x 102/35 naval/anti-aircraft guns)

Anti-aircraft Battery "AS 592" (6x 102/35 anti-aircraft guns)

Anti-aircraft Battery "AS 674" (6x 76/40 anti-aircraft guns)

Dual-role Battery "AS 741" (6x 76/40 naval/anti-aircraft guns)

Dual-role Battery "AS 896" (6x 76/40 naval/anti-aircraft guns)

Autonomous Group "Siracusa", in Syracuse

Coastal Artillery Battery "Opera A" (2x 381/40 naval guns)

Coastal Artillery Battery "Emanuele Russo"(3x 152/50 and 1x 120/40 naval guns)

Coastal Artillery Battery "Lamba Doria"(3x 152/50 and 1x 120/40 naval guns)

Dual-role Battery "AS 309" (6x 76/40 naval/anti-aircraft guns)

Dual-role Battery "AS 365" (6x 76/40 naval/anti-aircraft guns)

Dual-role Battery "AS 493" (6x 102/35 naval/anti-aircraft guns)

Dual-role Battery "AS 671" (6x 76/40 naval/anti-aircraft guns)

Dual-role Battery "AS 909" (6x 76/40 naval/anti-aircraft guns)

Maritime Military Sector Trapani

Maritime Military Sector Trapani, in Trapani - Rear Admiral Giuseppe Manfredi

137th Coastal Regiment

CDXLIII Coastal Battalion

DV Coastal Battalion

DCCCXLIV Coastal Battalion

CCCLXXIV Territorial CC.NN. Battalion

8th CC.NN. Maritime Artillery Legion

9x Anti-ship artillery batteries (Royal Italian Navy)

76th, 77th, 78th, 79th, 80th, 81st, and 82nd Coastal CC.NN. companies

Anti-aircraft Command Group Trapani:

3x Anti-aircraft batteries (102/35 anti-aircraft guns; Royal Italian Navy)

1x Anti-aircraft battery (90/53 anti-aircraft guns; Royal Italian Navy)

5x Anti-aircraft batteries (76/40 anti-aircraft guns; Royal Italian Navy)

1x Anti-aircraft battery (102/35 anti-aircraft guns; CC.NN.)

2x Anti-aircraft batteries (90/53 anti-aircraft guns; CC.NN.)

3x Anti-aircraft batteries (76/40 anti-aircraft guns; CC.NN.)

Armored Trains

The Royal Italian Navy fielded 14 armored trains, which were equipped with naval guns that had been removed from decommissioned ships. Ten of the trains were assigned to the Armed Forces Command Sicily before the allied landings, with eight trains being transferred to Sicily and two based on the Italian mainland near Reggio Calabria to provide fire for the defense of the Strait of Messina. The ten trains of the Armed Forces Command Sicily on 10 July 1943 were:

Type 1 Operational Train (4x 120/45 Mod. 1918 naval guns, 4x 20/77 anti-aircraft guns)

Armored Train 120/1/S, in Siderno (attached to the 211th Coastal Division in Calabria)

Armored Train 120/3/S, in Porto Empedocle (attached to the 207th Coastal Division)

Armored Train 120/4/S, in Catania (attached to the 213th Coastal Division)

Type 2 Operational Train (4x 152/40 naval guns, 4x 20/77 anti-aircraft guns)

Armored Train 152/1/T, in Termini Imerese (attached to the 208th Coastal Division)

Armored Train 152/2/T, in Carini (attached to the 208th Coastal Division)

Armored Train 152/3/T, in Crotone (attached to the 212th Coastal Division in Calabria)

Type 3 Operational Train (6x 76/40 Mod. 1916 naval guns, 4x 20/77 anti-aircraft guns)

Armored Train 76/1/T, in Porto Empedocle (attached to the 207th Coastal Division)

Type 3-bis Operational Train (4x 76/40 Mod. 1916 naval guns, 4x 20/77 anti-aircraft guns)

Armored Train 76/2/T, in Licata (attached to the 207th Coastal Division)

Armored Train 76/3/T, in Mazara del Vallo (attached to the 202nd Coastal Division)

Type 4 Operational Train (6x 102/35 Mod. 1914 naval guns, 4x 20/77 anti-aircraft guns)

Armored Train 102/1/T, in Syracuse (attached to the 206th Coastal Division)

The ten armored trains did not take part in any combat operation after the allied landings in Sicily, as the allies' absolute air supremacy prevent the trains from leaving their camouflaged shelters. The eight trains based in Sicily were blown up by their crews during the retreat from the island.

Air Force Command Sicily

Airfields in Sicily were under command of the Royal Italian Air Force's Air Force Command Sicily, which fell under Armed Forces Command Sicily. The commanding officer was Generale di divisione aerea Adriano Monti.

Each airfield was garrisoned by two infantry companies, reinforced by two mortar squads with 81mm Mod. 35 mortars, and two artillery batteries with 149/12 howitzers.

The airfields and units under command of Air Force Command Sicily on 10 July 1943, and the reinforcements, which arrived in Sicily on 10 and 11 July 1943, were:

Augusta Airfield

8th Naval Reconnaissance Squadron (Z.506 Airone and RS.14 float planes)

170th and 186th flights (197th Flight detached to Stagnone Airfield)

Castelvetrano Airfield

16th Fighter Squadron (C.202 Folgore fighters)

167th, 168th, and 169th flights

Staff Schlachtgeschwader 2

I/Schlachtgeschwader 2, at Milis Airfield in Sardinia (Fw 190 F-2 fighters)

II/Schlachtgeschwader 2 (Fw 190 F-2 fighters)

Chinisia Airfield

21st Fighter Squadron (C.202 Folgore fighters)

356th, 361st, and 386th flights

155th Fighter Squadron (C.205 Veltro fighters; arrived from Monserrato Airfield)

351st and 360th flights (378th Flight remained at Monserrato)

Comiso Airfield

3rd Fighter Squadron (Bf.109G fighters)

153rd, 154th, and 155th flights

Staff Jagdgeschwader 53

I/Jagdgeschwader 53, at Vibo Valentia Airfield (Bf-109 G6 fighters)

II/Jagdgeschwader 53, at Gerbini Airfield (Bf-109 G6 fighters)

III/Jagdgeschwader 53, at Sigonella Airfield (Bf-109 G6 fighters)

II/Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 Ju-88C6

III/Schnellkampfgeschwader 10, at Comiso Airfield (Fw 190 A-5 fighters)

Gerbini Airfield

131st Torpedo-Bomber Squadron (SM.79 Sparviero torpedo-bombers)

279th and 284th flights

Staff Schnellkampfgeschwader 10

II/Schnellkampfgeschwader 10 (Fw 190 A-5 fighters)

III/Schnellkampfgeschwader 10, at Comiso Airfield (Fw 190 A-5 fighters)

IV/Schnellkampfgeschwader 10 (Fw 190 A-5 fighters)

II/Jagdgeschwader 53 (Bf-109 G6 fighters)

Palermo-Boccadifalco Airfield

66th Reconnaissance Squadron (Ca.311, Ca.313, and Ca.314 reconnaissance/attack planes)

131st Flight (87th Flight detached to Sigonella Airfield)

153rd Fighter Squadron (C.202 Folgore fighters)

372nd, 373rd, 374th, and 377th flights

46th Assault Squadron (CR.42 Falco fighters; arrived from Capoterra Airfield)

20th Flight

47th Assault Squadron (CR.42 Falco fighters; arrived from Oristano Airfield)

53rd Flight

207th Flight/ 103rd Dive-Bomber Squadron (Ju.87D Stuka dive bombers; arrived from Decimomannu Airfield)

Elements of the 3rd Fighter Wing with C.202 Folgore fighter arrived from Cerveteri Airfield near Rome on 11 July

Reggio Calabria Airfield (located just over the Messina Strait on mainland Italy)

161st Fighter Squadron (C.200 Saetta, Dewoitine D.520, and C.202 Folgore fighters)

162nd, 164th, and 371st flights

Stagnone Airfield

197th Flight/ 8th Naval Reconnaissance Squadron

Sciacca Airfield

150th Fighter Squadron (Bf.109G fighters)

363rd, 364th, and 365th flights

Staff Jagdgeschwader 77

I/Jagdgeschwader 77 (Bf-109 G6 fighters)

2.(F)/Aufklärungsgruppe 122 (Ju 88 A and Me 410 Hornisse planes)

Catania-Sigonella Airfield

4th Fighter Wing

9th Fighter Squadron (C.202 Folgore and C.205 Veltro fighters)

73rd, 96th, and 97th flights

10th Fighter Squadron (C.202 Folgore and C.205 Veltro fighters)

84th, 90th, and 91st flights

22nd Fighter Squadron (Re.2001 Falco II and Re.2005 Sagittario fighters; arrived from Naples-Capodichino Airfield)

362nd and 369th flights

87th Flight/ 66th Reconnaissance Squadron

III/Jagdgeschwader 53 (Bf-109 G6 fighters)

Airfields without flying units:

Finocchiara Airfield

Milazzo Airfield

Milo Airfield

3rd Air Fleet

Bombers and torpedo-bombers of 3rd Air Fleet entered combat in support of Air Force Command Sicily starting from 10 July 1943.

3rd Air Fleet

Bomber Group, at Perugia Airfield

28th Bomber Squadron, at Perugia Airfield (Z.1007 Alcione bombers)

10th and 19th flights

29th Bomber Squadron, at Viterbo Airfield (Ju 88 A bombers)

62nd and 63rd flights

51st Bomber Squadron, at Viterbo Airfield (Ju 88 A Alcione bombers)

212th and 213th flights

86th Bomber Squadron, at Perugia Airfield (Z.1007 Alcione bombers)

190th and 191st flights

88th Bomber Squadron, at Perugia Airfield (Z.1007 Alcione bombers)

264th and 265th flights

106th Bomber Squadron, at Perugia Airfield (Z.1007 Alcione bombers)

260th and 261st flights

Torpedo-Bomber Group

41st Torpedo-Bomber Squadron, at Siena Airfield (SM.79 Sparviero Sparviero torpedo-bombers)

204th and 205th flights

89th Torpedo-Bomber Squadron, at Siena Airfield (SM.79 Sparviero torpedo-bombers)

228th and 229th flights

104th Torpedo-Bomber Squadron, at Siena Airfield (SM.79 Sparviero torpedo-bombers)

252nd and 253rd flights

108th Torpedo-Bomber Squadron, at Pisa Airfield (SM.79 Sparviero torpedo-bombers)

256th and 257th flights

130th Torpedo-Bomber Squadron, at Littoria Airfield (SM.79 Sparviero torpedo-bombers)

280th and 283rd flights

132nd Torpedo-Bomber Squadron, at Littoria Airfield (SM.79 Sparviero torpedo-bombers)

278th and 281st flights

274th Long Range Bomber Flight, at Guidonia Airfield (P.108 heavy bombers)

4th Air Fleet

Aircraft of the 4th Air Fleet based in Southern Italy entered combat in support of Air Force Command Sicily from 10 July 1943. At the same date reinforcements from other air fleets began to arrive in Southern Italy to reinforce 4th Air Fleet.

Crotone Airfield

97th Interceptor Squadron (Ro.57 fighters)

226th and 227th flights

102nd Dive-Bomber Squadron (Re.2002 Ariete fighter-bombers; arrived from Tarquinia Airfield)

209th and 239th flights

158th Assault Squadron (G.50 Freccia fighters; arrived from Osoppo Airfield)

elements of 236th, 387th, and 388th flights

159th Assault Squadron (G.50 Freccia fighters; arrived from Pistoia Airfield)

389th, 390th, and 391st flights

Gioia del Colle Airfield

98th Bomber Squadron (SM.84 bombers; arrived from Lonate Pozzolo Airfield)

240th and 241st flights

121st Dive-Bomber Squadron (Ju.87D Stuka dive bombers; arrived from Lonate Pozzolo Airfield)

206th and 216th flights

237th Flight/ 103rd Dive-Bomber Squadron (Ju.87D Stuka dive bombers; arrived from Decimomannu Airfield)

Grottaglie Airfield

157th Fighter Squadron (C.200 Saetta fighters)

163rd, 357th, 371st, and 384th flights

Lecce Airfield

IV/Jagdgeschwader 4, (Bf-109 G6)

Manduria Airfield

8th Bomber Wing

27th Bomber Squadron (Z.1007 Alcione bombers)

18th and 52nd flights

101st Dive-Bomber Squadron (Re.2002 Ariete fighter-bombers; arrived from Lonate Pozzolo Airfield)

208th and 238th flights

Montecorvino Airfield

II/Zerstörer-Geschwader 1 (Me-110 G2)

Vibo Valentia Airfield

I/Jagdgeschwader 53, (Bf-109 G6)

II/Jagdgeschwader 27, (Bf-10 9G6)

Territorial Anti-aircraft Defense

The Territorial Anti-aircraft Defense (Italian: Milizia per la Difesa Contraerea Territoriale - MDICAT) was an organization of the Italian National Fascist Party's Voluntary Militia for National Security tasked with static air-defense of cities and installations. The MDICAT was organized in 22 legions, which commanded all ground-based air-defense units, including Royal Italian Army and Royal Italian Navy units, in their sector. The territorial anti-aircraft defense unit responsible for Sicily was the 22nd Territorial CC.NN. Anti-aircraft Legion. The list below gives an overview of the 22nd Legion's batteries sorted by cities with the respective services army (RA), navy (RN), and militia (CC.NN.) listed.

The anti-aircraft batteries in Messina, Reggio Calabria, Augusta, and Trapani were detached to the Royal Italian Navy's maritime military commands in these cities.

Territorial Anti-aircraft Defense - 22nd Territorial CC.NN. Anti-aircraft Legion, in Palermo

Ionia

2x Anti-aircraft batteries (90/53 anti-aircraft guns; RA)

2x Anti-aircraft batteries (20/65 anti-aircraft guns; RA)

Gerbini Airfield

1x Anti-aircraft battery (37/54 anti-aircraft guns; RA)

1x Anti-aircraft battery (37/54 anti-aircraft guns; CC.NN.)

2x Anti-aircraft batteries (76/40 anti-aircraft guns; RA)

Catania

460th Anti-aircraft Battery (90/53 anti-aircraft guns; CC.NN.)

483rd Anti-aircraft Battery (76/40 anti-aircraft guns; RN)

813th Anti-aircraft Battery (20/65 anti-aircraft guns; CC.NN.)

2x Anti-aircraft batteries (37/54 anti-aircraft guns; RA)

2x Anti-aircraft batteries (75/46 anti-aircraft guns; RA)

5x Anti-aircraft batteries (90/53 anti-aircraft guns; CC.NN.)

6x Anti-aircraft batteries (76/40 anti-aircraft guns; CC.NN.)

2x Anti-aircraft batteries (37/54 anti-aircraft guns; CC.NN.)

2x Anti-aircraft batteries (20/65 anti-aircraft guns; CC.NN.)

San Pietro Clarenza

XXXI Anti-aircraft Group

18th and 19th Anti-aircraft batteries (76/40 anti-aircraft guns; CC.NN.)

232nd and 827th Anti-aircraft batteries (20/65 anti-aircraft guns; CC.NN.)

Gela

22nd Anti-aircraft Battery (76/40 anti-aircraft guns; CC.NN.)

23rd Anti-aircraft Battery (76/40 anti-aircraft guns; CC.NN.)

93rd Anti-aircraft Battery (76/40 anti-aircraft guns; CC.NN.)

333rd Anti-aircraft Battery (37/54 anti-aircraft guns; RA)

334th Anti-aircraft Battery (37/54 anti-aircraft guns; RA)

523rd Anti-aircraft Battery (37/54 anti-aircraft guns; RA)

796th Anti-aircraft Battery (20/65 anti-aircraft guns; RA)

1x Anti-aircraft battery (20/65 anti-aircraft guns; RA)

Licata

675th Anti-aircraft Battery (76/40 anti-aircraft guns; RN)

791st Anti-aircraft Battery (20/65 anti-aircraft guns; CC.NN.)

Porto Empedocle

LXXVII Anti-aircraft Group

644th, 645th, 646th, and 669th batteries (90/53 anti-aircraft guns; CC.NN.)

1x Anti-aircraft battery (76/40 anti-aircraft guns; RN)

1x Anti-aircraft battery (20/65 anti-aircraft guns; CC.NN.)

1x Anti-aircraft battery (37/54 anti-aircraft guns; RA)

Sciacca

816th Anti-aircraft Battery (20/65 anti-aircraft guns; CC.NN.)

1x Anti-aircraft battery (90/53 anti-aircraft guns; CC.NN.)

3x Anti-aircraft batteries (76/40 anti-aircraft guns; CC.NN.)

1x Anti-aircraft battery (37/54 anti-aircraft guns; RA)

1x Anti-aircraft battery (20/65 anti-aircraft guns; CC.NN.)

Castelvetrano

LXXXIII Anti-aircraft Group, at Castelvetrano

629th and 653rd Anti-aircraft batteries (90/53 anti-aircraft guns; CC.NN.)

795th Anti-aircraft Battery (20/65 anti-aircraft guns; CC.NN.)

XC Anti-aircraft Group, at Castelvetrano Airfield

668th and 676th Anti-aircraft batteries (90/53 anti-aircraft guns; CC.NN.)

814th Anti-aircraft Battery (20/65 anti-aircraft guns; CC.NN.)

3x Anti-aircraft batteries (75/27 anti-aircraft guns; RA)

4x Anti-aircraft batteries (37/54 anti-aircraft guns; RA)

2x Anti-aircraft batteries (76/40 anti-aircraft guns; CC.NN.)

2x Anti-aircraft batteries (75/46 anti-aircraft guns; CC.NN.)

Marsala

476th Anti-aircraft Battery (90/53 anti-aircraft guns; CC.NN.)

2x Anti-aircraft batteries (90/53 anti-aircraft guns; CC.NN.)

2x Anti-aircraft batteries (20/65 anti-aircraft guns; CC.NN.)

Chinisia Airfield

LIX Anti-aircraft Group

31st Anti-aircraft Battery (76/40 anti-aircraft guns; CC.NN.)

2x Anti-aircraft batteries (76/40 anti-aircraft guns; CC.NN.)

3x Anti-aircraft batteries (37/54 anti-aircraft guns; RA)

1x Anti-aircraft battery (90/53 anti-aircraft guns; CC.NN.)

Palermo

411th Anti-aircraft Battery (102/35 anti-aircraft guns; CC.NN.)

414th Anti-aircraft Battery (76/40 anti-aircraft guns; CC.NN.)

415th Anti-aircraft Battery (76/40 anti-aircraft guns; CC.NN.)

418th Anti-aircraft Battery (76/40 anti-aircraft guns; CC.NN.)

630th Anti-aircraft Battery (90/53 anti-aircraft guns; CC.NN.)

733rd Anti-aircraft Battery (20/65 anti-aircraft guns; RA)

1x Anti-aircraft battery (20/65 anti-aircraft guns; RA)

2x Anti-aircraft batteries (102/35 anti-aircraft guns; CC.NN.)

6x Anti-aircraft batteries (90/53 anti-aircraft guns; CC.NN.)

5x Anti-aircraft batteries (76/40 anti-aircraft guns; CC.NN.)

4x Anti-aircraft batteries (37/54 anti-aircraft guns; CC.NN.)

3x Anti-aircraft batteries (20/65 anti-aircraft guns; CC.NN.)

Termini Imerese

468th Anti-aircraft Battery (90/53 anti-aircraft guns; RA)

3x Anti-aircraft batteries (90/53 anti-aircraft guns; RA)

1x Anti-aircraft battery (20/65 anti-aircraft guns; RA)

Milazzo

1x Anti-aircraft battery (75/46 anti-aircraft guns; CC.NN.)

2x Anti-aircraft batteries (75/27 anti-aircraft guns; RA)

1x Anti-aircraft battery (20/65 anti-aircraft guns; CC.NN.)

There were also single CC.NN. batteries at Portopalo di Capo Passero, Motta Sant'Anastasia, Vizzini, Pozzallo, Vittoria, Punta Secca, and Costa Raia, and two batteries at Cassibile and two at Lercara Friddi. The Royal Italian Army had single batteries at Pachino, Acireale, Ragusa, and Roccapalumba.

Other batteries deployed in Sicily in July 1943, whose location on the island is unknown, are listed below:

20/65 anti-aircraft guns:

59th, 284th, 792nd, 793rd, 815th, 837th, and 1506th batteries

75/27 anti-aircraft guns:

8th, 29th, 133rd, 331st, and 452nd batteries

75/46 anti-aircraft guns:

524th Battery

76/40 anti-aircraft guns:

625th and 648th batteries

8.8 cm Flak anti-aircraft guns:

1399th, 1405th, 1408th, 1415th, 1418th, and 1429th batteries

Batteries with unknown equipment:

342nd, 345th, 413th, 417th, 504th, 650th, 908th batteries

Voluntary Militia for National Security

The Voluntary Militia for National Security (Italian: Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale - MVSN) was the Italian National Fascist Party's paramilitary wing. The MVSN had police functions and provided the regime with readily available paramilitary units for internal oppression. During WWII the MVSN raised military units, which were operationally assigned to Royal Italian Army or Royal Italian Navy commands. The MVSN's command authority in Sicily was the 14th Zone and its legions, the units they raised for the defense of Sicily, and the commands these units were assigned to are listed below.

14th Zone, in Palermo

166th CC.NN. Legion "Peloro", in Messina (29th Infantry Division "Piemonte")

CLXVI (1939) (29th Infantry Division "Piemonte")

DLXVI Mobile Territorial CC.NN. Battalion (Maritime Military Base Messina-Reggio Calabria)

50th, 51st, 52nd, 53rd, 54th, and 55th Coastal CC.NN. companies (6th CC.NN. Maritime Artillery Legion)

167th CC.NN. Legion "Etna", in Catania

CLXVII (1939) (166th CC.NN. Legion "Peloro"/ 29th Infantry Division "Piemonte")

DLXVII Mobile Territorial CC.NN. Battalion (26th Military Zone)

168th CC.NN. Legion "Hyblae", in Ragusa

CLXVIII CC.NN. Battalion (171st CC.NN. Legion "Vespri"/ 28th Infantry Division "Aosta")

CCCLXVIII Mobile Territorial CC.NN. Battalion (25th Military Zone)

58th and 59th Coastal CC.NN. companies (25th Military Zone)

169th CC.NN. Legion "Tirreno", in Syracuse

CLXIX CC.NN. Battalion (173rd CC.NN. Legion "Salso"/ 54th Infantry Division "Napoli")

CCCLXIX Territorial CC.NN. Battalion (Maritime Military Sector Augusta-Syracuse)

60th and 63rd Coastal CC.NN. companies (7th CC.NN. Maritime Artillery Legion)

170th CC.NN. Legion "Agrigentum", in Agrigento

CCCLXX Territorial CC.NN. Battalion (25th Military Zone)

67th and 68th Coastal CC.NN. companies (25th Military Zone)

171st CC.NN. Legion "Vespri", in Palermo (28th Infantry Division "Aosta")

CLXXI CC.NN. Battalion (28th Infantry Division "Aosta")

CCCLXXI Territorial CC.NN. Battalion (25th Military Zone)

172nd CC.NN. Legion "Enna", in Enna

CCCLXXII Territorial CC.NN. Battalion (25th Military Zone)

72nd, 73rd, and 74th Coastal CC.NN. companies (25th Military Zone)

173rd CC.NN. Legion "Salso", in Caltanissetta (54th Infantry Division "Napoli")

CLXXIII CC.NN. Battalion (54th Infantry Division "Napoli")

CCCLXXIII Territorial CC.NN. Battalion (26th Military Zone)

75th Coastal CC.NN. Company (26th Military Zone)

174th CC.NN. Legion "Segesta", in Trapani

CCCLXXIV Coastal CC.NN. Battalion (Maritime Military Sector Trapani)

76th and 82nd Coastal CC.NN. companies (Maritime Military Sector Trapani)

Messina Evacuation

During Operation Lehrgang - the Axis evacuation from Sicily - the German evacuation efforts were under command of Seetransportführer Messina (Sea-transport-leader Messina) Kapitän zur See Gustav Freiherr von Liebenstein, while the Italian evacuation was organized by Ammiraglio di Squadra Pietro Barone. The Italians pressed every possible ship into service and used four evacuation routes across the Strait of Messina, while the Germans had brought three landing flotillas to Messina for the evacuation.

2. Landungs-Division - Seetransportführer Messina - Kapitän zur See Gustav Freiherr von Liebenstein

2. Landungs-Flottille (2nd Landing Flotilla)

29x Marinefährprahm and other boats; Marinefährprahms F 147, F 466, F 146, F 432, F 460, F 546, F 434, F 618, and F 435 were lost during the evacuation of Sicily

4. Landungs-Flottille (4th Landing Flotilla)

31x Marinefährprahm and 12 other boats; Marinefährprahms F 466, F 432, F 460, F 430, F 429, F 462, F 607, and F 437 were lost during the evacuation of Sicily

10. Landungs-Flottille (10th Landing Flotilla)

9x Siebel ferries and infantry transport boats

Pionier-Landungs-Bataillon 771 (771st Engineer Landing Battalion; Army Unit)

6x Marinefährprahm, 14x landing boats, 465 meter of landing bridges, and a number of Storm boats