Maurizio
Thanks!
I am looking for TO&Es for the div. paracadutisti and the div. aviotrasportabile. I have some from my visit to the archives, but there are still some gaps. Actually looking for anything, even if I have it already.
- comando divisione
- comando regimento artiglieria
- any of the reparti servizi
- reparto misto genio
As we have previously discussed, Italian manning/structure documents are more suggestions than hard and fast rules. The key documents that I have found are the Formazione ed organici, Formazioni provvisorie di guerra, and the Dotazioni provvisorie di mobilitazione for the units. These documents are the actual authorizations for the identified units. I was fortunate to find several of these during my visit, but not all for the units in question. The archive filing system that organizes many of the documents by type of units rather that by individual units, combined with my limited available time meant I couldn't view all the files I would have wished. I also know that the archives doesn't have all the records; many are missing (either lost or destroyed).
For example I have two modifications to the Formazioni provvisorie di guerra della divisione aviotrasportabile (March and Sep) that detail changes in the infantry regiments, but I don't have the original Formazioni provvisorie (SMRE 18820/Ord 8 ottobre 1941).
Pista! Jeff