MVSN Colonial Militia

MVSN Colonial Militia

MVSN Colonial Militia were based in the Italian African colonial possessions of Italian North Africa comprising Cyrenaica and Tripolitania, and in Italian East Africa comprising Eritrea, Ethiopia and Italian Somaliland. These units consisted of seven Legions of militia recruited initially from Italian colonists, but later included local Africans.

*First Legion - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
*Second Legion - Asmara, Eritrea
*Third Legion - Gondar, Ethiopia
*Fourth Legion - Massawa, Eritrea
*Fifth Legion - Mogadishu, Italian Somaliland
*Sixth Legion - Jimma, Ethiopia
*Seventh Legion - Dessie, Ethiopia

Units from Italian East Africa were formed into the Africa Division which was a light infantry division and was later destroyed in combat.

All legions were destroyed during the North African and East African campaigns during World War II.


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