154th Infantry Division "Murge"

The 154th Infantry Division "Murge" (Italian: 154ª Divisione di fanteria "Murge") was an infantry division of the Royal Italian Army during World War II. The Murge was formed on 1 December 1942 and named for the Murge plateau in Apulia. The Murge was classified as an occupation infantry division, which meant that the division's artillery regiment consisted of two artillery groups instead of the three artillery groups of line infantry divisions and that the divisional mortar battalion was replaced by a divisional machine gun battalion. The division was sent to Herzegovina as an occupation force, where it took part in anti-partisan operations. It took part in the Battle of the Sutjeska and then had to be withdrawn after suffering heavy losses. It was disbanded in September 1943, following the announcement of the Armistice of Cassibile.