TEXT:  Italian 185th Infantry Division (Folgore)           October, 1942 
  186th 
  Infantry 
  Regiment 
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  1st 
  Artillery 
  Regiment 
  By Greg Moore 
  gregpanzerblitz.com 
  October 2009 
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  187th 
  Infantry 
  Regiment 
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  8th 
  Mixed 
  Engineer 
  Battalion 
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  x 1 
          The Folgore Division was an elite paratrooper force for Italy which had trained hard for the inva-
  sion of Malta.  When the operation was finally canceled in April of 1941, the division was sent to North 
  Africa to fight in the desert.  At El Alamein, it helped anchor the southern end of the line and was hit 
  hard by the 7th Armored Division and two infantry divisions.  The tough paratroopers blunted the attack 
  and then launched a vicious counterattack of their own which recaptured most of the lost ground.  The 
  paratroopers fought until they were out of ammunition, at which time they were forced to surrender most 
  of the division, but without their hands raised and without leaving their weapons.  Those that did escape 
  were reorganized into the Folgore Parachute Battalion and continued to fight until the fall of Tunisia. 
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  Infantry 
  Battalion 
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SOURCE: textdata/thevault/Panzer Leader & Panzer Blitz/1940-1943 North Africa/Second Battle of El Alamein/FolgoreAlamein.pdf