| 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.
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