133rd Armored Division "Littorio" | |
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Active | 6 November 1939 - 25 November 1942 |
Country | Kingdom of Italy |
Branch | Royal Italian Army |
Type | Armored |
Size | Division |
Part of | XX Army Corps German-Italian Panzer Army |
Garrison/HQ | Parma |
Engagements | World War II Italian invasion of France Invasion of Yugoslavia First Battle of El Alamein Battle of Alam el Halfa Second Battle of El Alamein |
Insignia | |
Identification symbol | Littorio Division gorget patches |
133rd Armored Division "Littorio" (Italian: 133ª Divisione corazzata "Littorio") was an armored division of the Royal Italian Army during World War II. The division's name derives from the fasces (Italian: Fascio littorio) carried by the lictors of ancient Rome, which Benito Mussolini had adopted as symbol of state-power of the fascist regime. Sent to North Africa in January 1942 for the Western Desert Campaign the division was destroyed in the Second battle of El Alamein in November 1942.[1]