Italian Order of Battle Second Italo-Abyssinian War

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As of October 8, 1935.

1 Commando Supremo Africa Orientale
2 Northern Front - Eritrea
3 Southern Front - Somaliland
4 Sources
5 External links

[edit] Commando Supremo Africa Orientale

Commander: General Emilio De Bono to 11/1935, Field Marshal Pietro Badoglio 11/1935 - 6/1936

7th Artillery Group (77mm/28)
Granatieri Battalion (coming from Italy)
Alpini Battalion (coming from Italy)
Guardia di Finanza Battalion (coming from Italy)
3 Battalions d'assalto (still in Italy)
7th Raggruppamento da 149/13 (coming from Italy)
Engineer Unit Commando Supremo Africa Orientale
Bombardment, Reconnaissance, and Fighter Aviation Command

[edit] Northern Front - Eritrea

1st Corps - Ruggero Santini
- 26th (Assietta) Division - Enrico Riccardi
  - 29th Infantry Regiment
  - 30th Infantry Regiment
  - 25th Artillery Regiment
- 30th (Sabauda) Division - Italo Gariboldi
  - 45th Infantry Regiment
  - 46th Infantry Regiment
  - 16th Artillery Regiment
- 5th (Pusteria) Division - Luigi Negri Cesi
  - 7th Infantry Regiment
  - 11th Alpine Infantry Regiment
  - 5th Alpine Artillery Regiment
- 4th (3rd of January) CCNN Division (still in Italy) -Alessandro Traditi
- X Battalion indigeni (Eritrean)
- XV Battalion indigeni (Eritrean)
- Banda dello Scimezana (native troop)
- 5th Cavalry Squadron Group
- 3rd Motorized Artillery Group (77mm/28)
- 5th Motorized Artillery Group (105mm/28)
- Artillery Command of positions of Agame
- 1st Corps A.O. Engineer Unit
- Libyan airplane Squadron R.T.
2nd Corps - Pietro Maravigna
- 19th (Gavninana) Division - Nino Salvatore Villa Santa
  - 83rd Infantry Regiment
  - 84th Infantry Regiment
  - 383rd Infantry Regiment
  - 19th Artillery Regiment
- 24th (Gran Sasso) Division(Adi Ugri-Quala zone)
  - 13th Infantry Regiment
  - 14th Infantry Regiment
  - 313th Infantry Regiment
  - 18th Artillery Regiment
- 3rd (21 April) CCNN Division - Giacomo Appiotti
- Grupo Bande Altopiano (native troop)
- 10th Cavalry Squadron
- Artillery Group Command (100mm/17)
- Artillery Command of positions in western Tigre (Eritrean colonial troops)
- 2nd Corps Engineer Unit
- 118th airplane Squadron R.T. (Libyan)
3rd Corps - Adalberto Bergamo,Ettore Bastico
- 27th (Sila) Division Division (coming from Italy) - Francesco Bertini
  - 19th Infantry Regiment
  - 20th Infantry Regiment
  - 55th Artillery Regiment
- 1st (23rd of March) CCNN Division - Ettore Bastico,Domenico Siciliani
4th Corps -
- 5th (Cosseria) Division
  - 89th Infantry Regiment
  - 90th Infantry Regiment
  - 37th Artillery Regiment
- 2nd (28th of October) CCNN Division - Umberto Somma
- 5th (1st of February) CCNN Division (still in Italy) -Attillo Teruzzi
Eritrean Corps - Alessandro Pirzio Biroli
- 1st Eritrean Division - Gustavo Pesenti
  - 1st Eritrean Infantry Regiment
  - 2nd Eritrean Infantry Regiment
  - 1st Eritrean Artillery Regiment
- 2nd Eritrean Division - Lorenzo Dalmazzo
  - 3rd Eritrean Infantry Regiment
  - 4th Eritrean Infantry Regiment
  - 2nd Eritrean Artillery Regiment
- 1st Battalion Group CC.NN. dell'Eritrea
- Banda dell'Hassamò (native troop)
- 6th Cavalry Squadron Group
- Native Cavalry Squadron Group (native troop)
- 2nd Motorized Artillery Group 77mm/28
- 3rd Motorized Artillery Group 100mm/17
- Artillery Command of positions in eastern Tigre
- Eritrean Corps Engineer Unit
- 34th Airplane Squadron R.T. (Libyan)
Celere Column A.O. (Eritrea) - Ten. Gen. Achille Starace
- 82nd CCNN Legion "Mussolini", motorized
- 3rd Bersaglieri Regiment
- 8th Artillery Group (77mm/28, motorized)
- Light Tank Battalion
- Motorized Anti-Tank Company
- Engineer Company
- 7th Artillery Group (77mm/28, motorized)

[edit] Southern Front - Somaliland

Grazziani Column - General Rodolfo Graziani
- 29th Division (Peloritana)
  - 3rd Infantry Regiment
  - 4th Infantry Regiment
  - 166th Artillery Regiment
- Libyan Division (Libyan Colonial troops) -Guglielmo Nasi
  - 1st Libyan Infantry Regiment
    - II Battalion
    - III Battalion
  - 2nd Libyan Infantry Regiment
    - IV Battalion
    - V Battalion
  - 3rd Libyan Infantry Regiment
    - VIII Battalion
    - IX Battalion
  - X Libyan Btn
  - 1st Libyan Artillery Regiment
- 6th (Tevere) CCNN Division (still in Italy) - Enrico Boscardi
- 7th (Cirene) CCNN Division
- Aosta Lancers Cavalry Regiment
- 6 Battalions, Royal Colonial Troop Corps (Arabo-Somali Colonial troops)
- Camel Mounted Artillery
- 6 Dubat Bands (Companies of Somali Irregulars)
Ogaden border region
- Ogaden border region command - Colonel Luigi Frusci
  - 9 L3 tanks, 20 Armoured cars
  - 6 Royal Colonial Troop Corps Battalions (Arabo-Somali Colonial troops)
  - 6 Dubat Bands (Companies of Somali Irregulars)
  - 150 trucks
- Sultan Olol Dinke Column (Feudal Army) - Sultan of Sciavelli, Olol Dinke
  - 1000 Dubat (mounted Somali warriors of the Ajuran clan)

[edit] Sources

De Bono E., La preparazione e le prime operazioni, Rome: Istituto Nazionale Fascista di Cultura, 1937. pp. 175-177.
Starace A., La marcia su Gondar. Milan: A. Mondadori, 1937.
Mockler, Anthony, Haile Selassie's War, New York: Olive Branch Press.