each awarded a Silver Medal of Military Valour, while the 2nd Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna" and the 13th Field Artillery Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna" were awarded a Bronze Medal of Military Valour each. At the same time the "Granatieri di Sardegna" division fought the Germans in Rome three Granatieri battalions based in occupied Corsica refused to surrender to the Germans and along with the 20th Infantry Division "Friuli", 44th Infantry Division "Cremona", 225th Coastal Division, 226th Coastal Division and French partisans began to fight the Axis troops: the German Sturmbrigade Reichsführer SS and 90th Panzergrenadier Division, and the Italian XII Battalion, 184th Paratroopers Regiment of the 184th Paratroopers Division "Nembo", which had come from Sardinia and tried to retreat through Corsica towards the harbour of Bastia in the island's north. On 13 September elements of the Free French 4th Moroccan Mountain Division landed in Ajaccio to support the Italian efforts to stop the 30,000 retreating Germans. However the Germans managed to escape. The three loyal Granatieri battalions were combined by the Italian Co-Belligerent Army with other units to raise "Granatieri di Sardegna" division anew in Sardinia on 15 May 1944. The division consisted of the 1st Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna", 2nd Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna", 32nd Armored Infantry Regiment, 132nd Armored Infantry Regiment, 548th Artillery Regiment, 553rd Artillery Regiment, and an Engineer Company. However it was decided that the infantry of the division should join the Combat Group "Friuli", which fought already on the allies side on the Italian front. On 31 August 1944 the Granatieri division was disbanded with the remaining units used to augment the Combat Group "Cremona". Cold War Infantry Division "Granatieri di Sardegna" After World War II the Italian Army began to rebuild its units with American help: on 1 July 1946 the 1st Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna" was raised in Rome, followed by the 13th Field Artillery Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna" on 1 March 1948. Both regiments entered the Infantry Division "Granatieri di Sardegna", when the division was raised anew in Rome on 1 April 1948. The two regiments were joined by the 17th Infantry Regiment "Acqui" and in the following years the division was augmented with further units, among them the 3rd Armored Infantry Regiment. By 1974 the division consisted of the: Infantry Division "Granatieri di Sardegna", in Rome 1st Regiment "Granatieri di Sardegna", in Rome Command and Services Company, in Rome I Granatieri