The Agrupación XXIII de Marzo was upgraded to Division status as the Division XXIII di Marzo prior to the Battle of Santander. Agrupación XXIII de Marzo or XXIII de Marzo Group was one of the Blackshirts units sent to Spain during the Spanish Civil War to make up the " Corpo Truppe The Battle of Santander was fought over the summer of 1937 in the War in the North campaign in the Spanish Civil War. It was one of the ItalianBlackshirts units sent to Spain during the Spanish Civil War to make up the "Corpo Truppe Volontarie" (Corps of Volunteer Troops), or CTV. For other uses and meanings see Blackshirts (disambiguation. The Blackshirts ( Italian: camicie nere, Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. The Spanish Civil War was a major conflict in Spain that started after an attempted Coup d'état committed by parts of the army against the government of The Corps of Volunteer Troops ( Corpo Truppe Volontarie, or CTV was an Italian expeditionary force which was sent to Spain to support General Francisco

Order of Battle

Battle of Santander August 1938

Division XXIII di Marzo

• 4th Infantry Regiment
  • Battalion Bufalo
  • Battalion Vampa
  • Battalion Toro
  • 5th Battery 65/17
  • 4th Mortar platoon
• 5th Infantry Regiment
  • 540th Battalion Lupi
  • Battalion Ardente
  • Battalion Inesorabile
  • 6th Battery 65/17
  • 5th Mortar platoon
• Division Artillery
  • Grupo de 65/17 (motorized)
• Mixed Engineer Company
• Logistics Section
• Carabinieri Section
• Mixed Motor Transport Company

Source

• de Mesa, José Luis, El regreso de las legiones: (la ayuda militar italiana a la España nacional, 1936-1939), García Hispán, Granada:España, 1994 ISBN: 84-87690-33-5

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