Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1939 ka ngaro te brigade i te 255th Infantry regiment ka whakaingoatia hei 24th Infantry Division "Pinerolo". Ko tenei wehenga takirua e rua noa iho nga hoia hiko (13th me te 14th) me te 18th Field Artillery Regiment. I te tau 1940, i uru te "Pinerolo" ki te whakaekenga a Itari ki Parani. I te marama o Hanuere 1941 ka tae mai te wehenga ki Albania ki te whakaū i te mua o Itari e pakaru ana i te wa o te whakaeke a te Kariki i roto i te
Te Pakanga Kariki-Itari.