TEXT:  Italian 17th Infantry Division (Pavia) 
   November 17, 1941 
  27th 
  Infantry 
  Regiment 
  x 3 
  x 2 
  26th 
  Artillery 
  Regiment 
  x 5 
  28th 
  Infantry 
  Regiment 
  18th 
  Mixed 
  Engineer 
  Battalion 
  x 3 
          At the beginning of Operation Crusader, the Pavia Division was serving in the Axis lines surround-
  ing Tobruk.  When the 70th Division made their first breakout attempt, Pavia was sent in to counterat-
  tack the British tank and infantry forces.  After heavy fighting, the Allied thrust was temporarily halted.  
  The weak Pavia division could not hold forever and was finally forced aside and forced to retreat.  Dur-
  ing the general Axis withdrawal, Pavia fought a stubborn rear defense action at El Adem before being 
  finally overwhelmed. Most of the division did, however, escape and live to fight another day. 
  x 9 
  Infantry 
  Battalion 
  x 3 
  x 2 
  x 2 
  x 1 
  x 2 
  x 1 
  x 1 
  x 9 
  Infantry 
  Battalion 
  x 3 
  x 2 
  x 2 
  x 1 
  x 2 
  x 1 
  x 1 
  x 6 
  5th Light 
  Tank 
  Battalion 
  (attached) 
  By Greg Moore 
  gregpanzerblitz.com 
  June, 2010 
  x 9 
  6th 
  Aosta 
  Battalion 
  (attached) 
  
SOURCE: textdata/thevault/Panzer Leader & Panzer Blitz/1940-1943 North Africa/Operation Crusader/PaviaCrusader.pdf