Kocevje, before moving in May to Delnice and Ogulin in Croatia, where the division battled with partisans in from Stubica to Drage. In June the Macerata tried to dislodge partisan formations in Stari Laz, Ravna Gora, Cerovnik and Munjava. On 8 September 1943 when the Armistice of Cassibile was announced the division was located at Delnice and Ogulin, from where it moved to Rijeka. After arriving in Rijeka the division was disbanded on 12 September by invading German forces. Organization 153rd Infantry Division "Macerata" 121st Infantry Regiment "Macerata" Command Company 3x Fusilier battalions Anti-tank Company (47/32 anti-tank guns) Mortar Company (81mm Mod. 35 mortars) 122nd Infantry Regiment "Macerata" Command Company 3x Fusilier battalions Anti-tank Company (47/32 anti-tank guns) Mortar Company (81mm Mod. 35 mortars) 153rd Artillery Regiment "Macerata" Command Unit 2x Artillery groups 1x Anti-aircraft battery (20/65 Mod. 35 anti-aircraft guns) Ammunition and Supply Unit CLIII Machine Gun Battalion CLIII Mixed Engineer Battalion 153rd Engineer Company 253rd Telegraph and Radio Operators Company 153rd Anti-tank Company (47/32 anti-tank guns) 153rd Medical Section 2x Field hospitals 1x Surgical unit 153rd Supply Section 253rd Bakers Section 1118th Transport Section 116th Carabinieri Section 117th Carabinieri Section 153rd Field Post Office Attached to the division in 1943: 1st Squadron/ I Light Tank Group "San Giusto"/ 1st Cavalry Division "Eugenio di Savoia" (L3/35 tankettes and L6/40 tanks) Commanding officers The division's commanding officers were: Generale di Divisione Eduardo Quarra Sito (25 November 1941 - 9 March 1943) Generale di Divisione Vincenzo Giardina (10 March 1943 - 12 September 1943) References Infantry divisions of Italy in World War II Infantry Division 153 Military units and formations of Italy in Yugoslavia in World War II Military units and formations established in 1941 Military units and formations disestablished in 1943