The 151st Infantry Division "Perugia" () was an infantry division of the Royal Italian Army during World War II. The Perugia was formed on 25 August 1941 and named for the city of Perugia. The Perugia was classified as an occupation infantry division, which meant that the division's artillery regiment consisted of two artillery groups instead of the three artillery groups of line infantry divisions and that the divisional mortar battalion was replaced by a divisional machine gun battalion. The Perugia was sent to Dalmatia, then Montenegro and finally Albania. Following the announcement of the Armistice of Cassibile on 8 September 1943 the division marched from its bases to the Albanian coast, where some thousand men could be evacuated by ship to Italy, but the majority of the division was left behind and captured by the Germans after fierce fighting by the Germans. Immediately after their capture the Germans executed all officers and non-commissioned officers of the division, including the division's commander General Ernesto Chiminello. History World War I The division's lineage begins with the Brigade "Perugia" raised on 1 March 1915 with the 129th and 130th infantry regiments. The brigade fought on the Italian front in World War I and together with its regiments was disbanded after the war in January 1920. World War II The 151st Infantry Division "Perugia" was activated in Perugia on 25 August 1941 and consisted of the 129th Infantry Regiment "Perugia", 130th Infantry Regiment "Perugia", and the 151st Artillery Regiment "Perugia". As a division raised during the war the Perugia did not have its own regimental depots and therefore its regiments were raised by the depots of the 22nd Infantry Division "Cacciatori delle Alpi": the 129th Infantry Regiment "Perugia" was raised in Perugia on 12 August 1941 by the 51st Infantry Regiment "Cacciatori delle Alpi" and the 130th Infantry Regiment "Perugia" was raised in Spoleto on 14 August 1941 by the 52nd Infantry Regiment "Cacciatori delle Alpi", while the 151st Artillery Regiment "Perugia" was raised by the 1st Artillery Regiment "Cacciatori delle Alpi" in Foligno. Dalmatia The division left its bases in Umbria on 7 December 1941 and was shipped from Bari to Split in Dalmatia, where the division arrived on 10 December. The Perugia's headquarters was at Split, with its units in Split, Šibenik, Trogir, and Sinj and its area of responsibility included the islands along the Dalmatian coast and the territory inland