Bari, establishment of 1st and 2nd traffic battalion, Italy

Among the special overseas units also counted two traffic battalions, whose task was to maintain as organized a rear area as possible and effective supply of the front. On 23 September 1944, the 1st Traffic Battalion or Slovenian Motor Battalion was established, into which they merged the former motor platoons from Bari, Gravina, and Monopoli. This unit arrived on the battlefield in the homeland with 64 Triton trucks, with an equal number of drivers and assistants, two motorcycle drivers, with an economist and a nurse. The 2nd Motor Battalion remained in Bari until the end of July 1945, when it returned to the homeland as the last unit from the Italian area. It actively participated in the restoration of the homeland. Source: Overseas Troops, M. Ivančič, Koper, 2024

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