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The 27th "Brescia" Infantry Division (Italian: 27° Divisione Autotrasportabile "Brescia") was an Italian Army Division created from the 27th Infantry Division Sila prior to the start of World War II.

The 27th "Brescia" Infantry Division (Italian: 27° Divisione Autotrasportabile "Brescia") was an Italian Army Division created from the 27th Infantry Division Sila prior to the start of World War II.

It comprised recruits from Calabria. The division was part of the Italian XXI Infantry Corps in North Africa. Along with the 17th "Pavia" Motorised Division and the 25 "Bologna" Motorised Division together they took part in the [[Siege of Tobruk]], the Battle of Gazala, the [[Battle of Mersa Matruh]], the [[First Battle of El Alamein]] and the [[Second Battle of El Alamein]]. On 12 April 1941, as Italian and German forces commenced their Siege of Tobruk, the Brescia Division along with the German 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion captured the port of Bardia, taking several hundred prisoners and a large quantity of equipment.

It comprised recruits from Calabria. The division was part of the Italian XXI Infantry Corps in North Africa. Along with the 17th "Pavia" Motorised Division and the 25 "Bologna" Motorised Division together they took part in the [[Siege of Tobruk]], the Battle of Gazala, the [[Battle of Mersa Matruh]], the [[First Battle of El Alamein]] and the [[Second Battle of El Alamein]]. On April 12 1941, as Italian and German forces commenced their Siege of Tobruk, the ''Brescia'' Division along with the German 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion captured the port of Bardia, taking several hundred prisoners and a large quantity of equipment.

==Siege of Tobruk==

==Siege of Tobruk==