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 () 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