The Blackshirt Division 23 March (Italian:Divisione CC.NN. "23 Marzo") was an Italian MVSN Blackshirt (Fascist) militia unit formed for the Second Italo-Abyssinian War.
During the Second World War it was encircled at Bardia and surrendered to the British forces in January 1941. It was named 23 Marzo (Italian, 23 March) in honor of the founding of the Fasci Italiani di Combattimento on 23 March 1919.
135th Blackshirts Legion "Indomita"
135th Blackshirts Battalion "Indomito"
88th Blackshirts Battalion "Cappellini"
135th MMG Company
135th pack-artillery battery
192nd Blackshirts Legion "Francesco Ferrucci"
190th Blackshirts Battalion "Pisa"
192nd Blackshirts Battalion "Francesco Ferrucci"
192nd MMG Company
192nd pack-artillery battery
202nd Blackshirts Legion "Cacciatori del Tevere"
202nd Blackshirts Battalion "Cacciatori del Tevere"
204th Blackshirts Battalion "Trotti"
202nd MMG Company
202nd pack-artillery battery
1st Blackshirts MMG Bn
1st Artillery Battalion (65L17 - Army)
1st Special Engineers Company (mixed Blackshirts and Army)
2 x Replacements Battalions
Commanders:
Gen. Ettore Bastico (23/4/35 – 20/11/35)
Gen.Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia (20/11/35 – 29/2/36)
Additionally the Division had a Medical Section, Logistics Section, and transport of a Pack-Mule unit (1600 mules), and a Mixed Trucks unit (80 light trucks).
219. CCNN Legion
114. G. Veroli CCNN Battalion
118. Volsca CCNN Battalion
119. N. Ricciotti CCNN Battalion
233. CCNN Legion
129. Adriatica CCNN Battalion
133. Lupi di Matese CCNN Battalion
148. Tavogliere CCNN Battalion
XLI Light Tank Battalion (CV3/33 & CV3/35 tanks)
1. CCNN Anti-tank Company
201. MG Battalion
201. Artillery Regiment
201. Mixed Engineer Battalion
Took part in the invasion of Egypt and was destroyed at Bardia, Libya, in January 1941.