222nd Coastal Division (Italy)

The division was activated on 15 April 1942 in Naples by uniting the two coastal defense sectors "Salerno" and "Sapri". From April to December 1942 the division was assigned to XXX Army Corps, which then moved to Tunisia and was destroyed in the Tunisian Campaign. For the rest of its existence the division was assigned to XIX Army Corps. The Harbor Defense Command Naples, which had responsibility for the coastal defense of the Gulf of Naples was attached to the division from 1943. The next morning Allied troops landed at Salerno and the remnants of the division dissolved quickly and left the area. == Organization ==

• 222nd Coastal Division, in Buccoli • 17th Coastal Regiment • 3x Coastal battalions • 18th Coastal Regiment • 3x Coastal battalions • CXCVIII Coastal Artillery Group • CIC Coastal Artillery Group • 2x Machine gun companies • 222nd Carabinieri Section • 184th Field Post Office • Division Services Attached to the division: • Harbor Defense Command Naples: • 117th Coastal Regiment • 3x Coastal battalions • 151st Coastal Regiment • 3x Coastal battalions • 14th Guardia alla Frontiera Artillery Regiment == Commanding officers ==

The division's commanding officers were: • Generale di Brigata Adolfo Antoniazzi (15 April 1942 - 9 February 1943) • Generale di Brigata Ferrante Vincenzo Gonzaga (10 February 1943 - 8 September 1943, KIA) == References ==