Battery, in Rome (65/17 infantry support guns) I CC.NN. Machine Gun Battalion, in Pisa I Artillery Group (65/17 infantry support guns, Royal Italian Army) I Mixed Transport Unit (Royal Italian Army) I Supply Unit (Royal Italian Army) 1st Special Engineer Company (Royal Italian Army) 1st Medical Section (Royal Italian Army) 1st Logistic Section (Royal Italian Army) 1st Carabinieri Section The supply unit had 1,600 mules and the mixed transport unit 80 light trucks. The division engaged in war crimes in Ethiopia during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. 1940 Below follows the division's organization at the start of the Italian invasion of Egypt and the cities, in which its CC.NN. battalions were raised. 1st CC.NN. Division "23 Marzo" 219th CC.NN. Legion, in Frosinone Command Company CXIV CC.NN. Battalion, in Tivoli CXVIII CC.NN. Battalion, in Velletri CXIX CC.NN. Battalion, in Frosinone 219th CC.NN. Machine Gun Company 233rd CC.NN. Legion, in Campobasso Command Company CXXIX CC.NN. Battalion, in Pescara CXXXIII CC.NN. Battalion, in Campobasso CXLVIII CC.NN. Battalion, in Foggia 233rd CC.NN. Machine Gun Company 201st Motorized Artillery Regiment (Royal Italian Army) Command Unit I Group (100/17 howitzers) II Group (75/27 field guns) III Group (75/27 field guns) 2x Anti-aircraft batteries (20/65 Mod. 35 anti-aircraft guns) Ammunition and Supply Unit CCI Machine Gun Battalion (Royal Italian Army) CCI Mixed Engineer Battalion (Royal Italian Army) Command Platoon 1x Engineer Company 1x Telegraph and Radio Operators Company 1x Searchlight Section 201st CC.NN. Anti-tank Company (47/32 anti-tank guns) 201st CC.NN. Support Weapons Battery (65/17 infantry support guns) 201st CC.NN. Mortar Company (81mm Mod. 35 mortars) 201st Transport Section (Royal Italian Army) 201st Supply Section (Royal Italian Army) 201st Medical Section (Royal Italian Army) 3x Field hospitals 1x Surgical Unit 701st Carabinieri Section 702nd Carabinieri Section 301st Field Post Office Attached during the Battle of Bardia: LXI Tank Battalion "L" (L3/33 and L3/35 tankettes, Royal Italian Army) CC.NN. Grouping "23 Marzo" For the Italian participation in the Eastern Front the regiment-sized CC.NN. Grouping "23 Marzo" was raised as unit of the Italian Army in Russia: CC.NN. Grouping "23 Marzo" CC.NN. Battalions Group "Valle Scrivia" Command Company V CC.NN. Assault Battalion, in Tortona XXXIV CC.NN. Assault Battalion, in Savona XLI CC.NN. Support Weapons Battalion, in Trento CC.NN. Battalions Group "Leonessa" Command Company XIV CC.NN. Assault Battalion, in Bergamo XV CC.NN. Assault Battalion, in Brescia XXXVIII Support Weapons Battalion, in Asti Commanding officers During the Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Generale di Divisione