La Divisione Corazzata “M”. Un capitolo nei rapporti tra l’Esercito e la Milizia nello Stato fascista

Abstract

The “M” armored division was a unit of the fascist militia created in 1943 with the aim of protecting the regime at a time when the power bloc that had sustained Mussolini for two decades was breaking up. The unit turned out to be a military failure and was not able to protect the regime at the decisive moment, when a coup d’état took place in 1943. Even so, studying it is important as it represents the moment when the tension between the Italian Army and the Fascist Militia, present since 1922, reached its peak. The article seeks to present the history of the division, its origin, its successes, and failures, against the background of the relationship between the Italian Army and the Fascist Militia and between the Party and the State during the Fascist regime.

Keywords

• enzo galbiati
• italian army
• m battalions
• m division
• milizia volontaria per la sicurezza nazionale