Supreme Commander North Africa
Maresciallo d'Italia Rodolfo Graziani
HQ Tripoli (5th Army)

10th Army

HQ Bardia Generale di Corpo d'Armata Italo Gariboldi

12th Art. Reg
25th Art Reg
55th Art. Reg
10th Bers. Reg
4 MG Bns
Comando Carri Armati del Libia

HQ Mechili Generale di Brigata Valentino Babini

II Tank Bns
V Tank Bns
3 Bers Reg
One Motorcycle Bns
One Art Reg
2 Anti Tank Co

XX Corpo d'Armata
HQ Berta Generale di Corpo d'Armata Ferdinando Cona

60 Division Sabratha
85 Inf Reg
86 Inf Reg
42 Art Reg

XXII Corpo d'Armata
HQ Tobruk Generale di Corpo d'Armata Enrico P. Manella

61 Division Sirte
69th Inf Reg
70th Inf Reg
43rd Art Reg
1st Ragruppamento Carristi
I Tank Bns
XXI Tank Bns
LXII Tank Bns
LXIII Tank Bns

XXIII Corpo d’Armata
HQ Bardia Generale di Corpo d'Armata Annibale Bergonzoli

1st MVSN Div
23 Marzo
219th Blackshirt Leg
233rd Blackshirt Leg
201st Art Reg
2nd MVSN Div
28 Ottobre
231st Blackshirt Leg
203rd Blackshirt Leg
202nd Art Reg
62nd Division Marmarica
115th Art Reg
116th Art Reg
44th Art Reg

XXI Corpo d'Armata
HQ Sofafi Generale di Corpo d'Armata Lorenzo Dalmazzo

63rd Division Cirene
157th Inf Reg
158th Inf Reg
45th Art Reg
64th Division Catanzaro
141st Inf Reg
142nd Inf Reg
203rd Art Reg

Gruppo Divisione Libiche
HQ Sidi Barrani Generale di Corpo d'Armata Sebastiano Gallina

1st Division Libica
8th Libyan Inf Bns
9th Libyan Inf Bns
10th Libyan Inf Bns
11th Libyan Inf Bns
12th Libyan Inf Bns
13th Libyan Inf Bns
2nd Division Libica
2nd Libyan Inf Bns
3rd Libyan Inf Bns
6th Libyan Inf Bns
7th Libyan Inf Bns
14th Libyan Inf Bns
15th Libyan Inf Bns
Ragruppamento Malletti
1st Libyan Inf Bns
4th Libyan Inf Bns
5th Libyan Inf Bns
18th Libyan Inf Bns
19th Libyan Inf Bns
4th MVSN Division
3 Gennaio
250th Blackshirt Leg
270th Blackshirt Leg
204th Art Reg
2nd Ragruppamento Carristi
II Tank Bns
IX Tank Bns
XX Tank Bns
LXI Tank Bns

Due to the many Italian losses, there were many changes in the Order of Battle until February 1941 when Operation Compass came to a halt.

PERIODS OF COMMAND

10 June 1940 - 28 June 1940
Marasciallo dell'Aerea Italo Balbo
(killed by friendly AA fire)

28 June 1940 - 11 February 1941
Marsciallo d'Italia Rodolfo Graziani
(requested to be relieved after the defeat in Operation Compass and the surrender at Beda Fomm)

11 February 1941 - 19 July 1941
Generale d'Armata Italo Gariboldi
(relieved because of his alleged lack of cooperation with Rommel)

19 July 1941 - 05 February 1943
Generale d'Armata Ettore Bastico
(promoted Maresciallo d'Italia on August 12, 1942)

Note: The supreme command was dissolved after Libya was lost to the British in February, 1943. Although the post of Supreme Commander nominally included the command of all Axis forces in Libya (excluding Egypt 1942), its actual responsibilities were steadily diminished, and it was Rommel who was considered the commander since the autumn of 1941. The situation of the Supreme Commander was further complicated by the incessant interference from Mussolini himself and Cavellero's Comando Supremo (Rommel faced similar problems when dealing with Hitler, Keitels OKW or Kesselring).

Special thanks to Stefan Schlemmer for the OOB and Note.