Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin yakin Girka-Italiyanci
na 1940/41, rundunar ta kasance wani ɓangare na 8th Infantry Division kuma ta haka ne ɗaya daga cikin rukunin farko don fuskantar harin Italiyanci. Rundunar ta yi aiki a duk lokacin rikici, an rushe shi bayan mika wuya na sojojin Girka ga Jamusawa a watan Afrilu na 1941.