ITALY
(Royal Army / Regio Esercito)
Maresciallo AMBROSIO, Vittorio
Maresciallo d' Italia
(1879 - 1958)
Born: 1879
Dead: 1958
Assignments:
Chief of Staff 3rd Cavalry Division
Chief of Staff 26th Division, 1918
General Officer Commanding XII Corps, 1935 - 1938
General Officer Commanding 2nd Army, Yugoslavia, 1938 - 1942
Chief General Staff Army, 10 Jan 1943
Chief supreme General Staff, 1943
Inspector-General of the Army, 1943 - 1944
Generale ARMELLINI, Quirino
(1889-1975)
Born: 1889
Dead: 1975
Assignments:
Chief Operations to Commander in Chief of Italian Forces in Ethiopia, 1935-1936
General Officer Commanding Asmara, Ethiopia, 1936-1940
Vice Chief Supreme General Staff, 1940
General Officer Commanding 80th Air Landing Division "La Spezia"
General Officer Commanding XVIII Corps
General Officer Commanding IX Corps, Dalmatia, 1942-
General Officer Commanding MVSN, 26 Jul 1943
Maresciallo BADOGLIO, Pietro
Maresciallo d' Italia/Vicer� d' Etiopia/Marchese del Sabotino/Duca di Addis Abeba
(1871-1956)
Born: 28 Sep 1871 in Grazzano Monferrato
Died: 31 Oct 1956 in Grazzano Monferrato
Promotions:
Sottotenente: 1890; Capitano: 1904; Maggiore: 1912; Tenente Colonnello: 1915; Colonnello: Mai 1916; Maggior Generale: 6 Aug 1916; Maresciallo d'Italia: 1926.
Assignments:
Participated at Lybia Campaign, 1912
Member of Stato Maggiore 2nd Army, 1915 - 1918
Commander 78. Inf Rgt, Mai 1916
Sottocapo di Stato Maggiore of Italian Army, Nov 1917 - 1919
Commissario Straordinario of Venezia Giulia, Oct 1919
Chief of Staff, Nov 1919 - 1921
Member of Army Counsel, 1922 - 1923
General Chief of Staff, Apr 1925 - 1940
Governor in Tripolitania and Cirenaica, 1928 - 1933
Alto Commissario for East Africa, 1935
Vicer� d'Etiopia, 5 Mai 1936
President of National Counsel of Researches
Prime Minister, 1943 - 1944
Maggiore BALISTI, Fulvio
(1890-1959)
Born: 1890 in Ponti sul Mincio, (Mantova)
Died: 9 Jul 1959 in Ponti sul Mincio
Assignments:
Granatiere, 1915-1918
Legionario with D' Annunzio in Fiume, 1919
Commander Btg. GIL Bologna, 1940
Commander I Btg GG.FF. (Giovani Fascisti, Young Fascist), 1940-1943
Decorations and awards:
(3)Silver Medal; Bronze Medal Military Valour; Gold Star (Fiume Campaign).
Notes:
Mutilated in Bir el Gobi, 1943. Before he died, donated his own house to the Bir el Gobi Veteran Association.
Maresciallo BASTICO, Ettore
Maresciallo d' Italia
(1876-1972)
Born: 9 Apr 1876 in Bologna
Died: 2 Dec 1972 in Roma
Promotions:
General: 1928; Marshall: 12 Aug 1942.
Assignments:
Chief of Staff 50th Divisione, IWW
Chief of Staff 25th Divisione, IWW
Chief of Staff 28th Divisione, IWW
Chief of Staff 32nd Divisione, IWW
Instructor Naval Academy, Livorno, 1919-1923
Commander 9th Reggimento Bersaglieri, 1923-1927
Commander 14th Brigata, 1929-1931
Commander 1st Cavalry Division "Principe Eugenio di Savoia", 1932-1933
Commander Motorized Division "Pistoia", 1933-1935
Commander 1st Division Camicie Nere "XXIII Marzo", Ethiopia, 1935
Commander III Corps, Ethiopia, 1935-1936
Commander II Corps, 1936-1937
Commander Italian Contingent in Spain, 1937-1938
Commander II Army of Po, 1938-1940
Governor General of Dodecanese Islands,
Governor of Libya, 19 Jul 1941-1943
Commander of all troops of the Axis Forces in Africa, 19 Jul 1941-1943
Maggiore BENEDETTI, Carlo
(-1973)
Born: in Livorno
Died: 3 Dec 1973 in Campinas, SP, Brazil
Assignments:
Volunter as Officer of Arditi, 1915-1918
Volunteer for Africa Campaign, 1935
Commander II Btg GG.FF.(Giovani Fascisti, Young Fascist), 1940-1943
Decorations and awards:
Bronze Medal Military Valour(IWW); War Cross (1935).
Maggiore CADELO, Girolamo
(1906-1944)
Born: 4 Jul 1906 in Trapani
Died: 27 Sep 1944 in Santo Stefano d'Aveto (GE)
Assignments:
Rgt. "Lancieri di Novara, 1942
Commander 1st "Gruppo Esplorante" 1st Divisione Alpina "Monterosa" , 1944
Decorations and awards:
Bronze Medal Military Valour, 1944
Maresciallo CAVALLERO, Conte Ugo (RK)
Maresciallo d' Italia
(1880 - 1943)
Born: 1880
Died: 12 Sep 1943 in Frascati
Promotions:
Generale di Brigata: 1918; Generale di Divisione: 1925; Generale di Corpo d'Armata: 1938; Maresciallo: 1 Jul 1942.
Pre-IIWW Assignments:
Staff Officer
Chief Operations Office of the Supreme Command, 1918
IIWW Assignments:
Undersecretary War Ministry, 1925 - 1928
Supreme Commander Armed Forces East Africa, 1938 - May 1939
Galeazzo Ciano's Military Counselor, 1939
Chief of Staff replacing Marshall Badoglio, 6 Dec 1940 - 31 Jan 1943
Commander Armed Forces in Albania, 1940 - 24 Apr 1941
Commander Italo-German Armed Forces in North Africa
Notes:
He was recognized for his positive quality of intelligence, sense of organization, hyperactivity, but was criticized for the excessive ductility in regards of Mussolini and the Germans. He was arrested by Badoglio July 25th 1943 and by Kesselring after the armistice.
Generale FARINA, Amilcare
(1891-)
Born: 19 Apr 1891 in Firenze
Died:
Promotions:
Sergente: 1911; Sottotenente: 1912
Assignments:
68 Reggimento Fanteria, 1909
Participated Italo-Turkish war
Participated IWW
Participated Spanish Civil War as Commander Reggimento "Frecce Nere"
Various command charges in Aegean Isles and France, Jun 1940 - Sep 1943
Commander of CARS (Centro Addestramento Reparti Speciali), 2 Jun 1944 - 28 Aug 1944
Commander Divisione "San Marco" 28 Aug 1944 - May 1945
Decorations and awards:
Bronze Medal Military Valour (IWW); Silver Medal Military Valour (IWW); German Cross war 2nd Class; Iron Cross 2nd Class (26 Jan 1945).
Notes:
Prisoner of war during IWW.
At the end of II WW, is captured, prosecuted for military collaborationism and condemned to 10 years, but on 9 Sep 1956, the Supreme Military Court rehabilitated him, giving him back his rank and decorations.
Tenente Colonnello GARIBALDO, Giovanni Battista
(1892-1945)
Born: 10 Oct 1892
Died: 25 Apr 1945 in Rovegno (GE)
Assignments:
Commander 1 Btl Bersaglieri Volontari Difesa Costiera, 1944 - 1945
Decorations and awards:
(2) Bronze Medal Military Valour; Silver Medal Military Valour; War Cross.
Capitano GOSEN, Priamo
(1908-1945)
Born: 8 jan 1908 in Greece
Died: 9 Apr 1945 in Lavagna (GE)
Assignments:
Commander Compagnia Comando 1Rgt, 1 Alpine Division "Monterosa", 1944 - 1945
51 Cp Btl "Edolo", 5 Rgt Alpini, 1940 - 1943
Alpine School, Meran, 5 Rgt Alpini
Decorations and awards:
Bronze Medal Military Valour
GRAZIANI, Rodolfo
Maresciallo d' Italia, Marchese di Neghelli
(1882-1955)
Born: 11 Aug 1882 in Filettino
Died: 11 Jan 1955 in Roma
Promotions:
Second-Lieutenant: 1906; Colonel: 1918;
Assignments:
Commander 1. Btl. Indigeni, Adi Ugri, Eritrea, 1908 - 1912
Commander 61. Rgt Infantry, 1919
Commander Italian Forces on South Front, Ethiopia Campaign, 1935-1936
Governor of Somaliland, 7 Mar 1935
Maresciallo d' Italia and Vicere d' Etiopia, 1936 - 1937
Army's Chief of Staff, 3 Nov 1939 - Jun 1940
Commander Italian Forces North Africa, 1940 - 1941
RSI Ministro della Difesa, 1943 - 1945
Tenente GREGORUTTI, Pier Antonio
(1916-1941)
Born: 9 Jan 1916 in Mirataglio (Ve)
Died: 21 Jan 1941 in Dobrej, Albania
Assignments:
4.Rgt Alpini/1.Btg "Intra", 1940
Decorations and awards:
Silver Medal Military Valour, 1941.
Tenente Colonnello MARCIAN�, Vittorio
(1899-)
Born: 1899
Died:
Promotions:
Capitano: 1942; Maggiore: 1943.
Assignments:
Participated IWW, 1917-1918
Lybian Campaign, 1919-1920
5 Rgt. Bersaglieri, Albania, 1942
Substitute judge for Military Court in Albania, 1942
II/10th Arditi, Sicily, 1943
III Gruppo Esplorante Division "San Marco", 1944
Decorations and awards:
(2)Bronze Medal Military Valour; (3)War Cross; Gold Cross for time in service (25 years); Cavaliere Gran Croce dell' Ordine della Corona Coloniale e della Stella d' Italia.
Maresciallo MESSE, Giovanni
Maresciallo d' Italia
(1883-1968)
Born: 10 Dec 1883 near Brindisi
Died: 19 Dec 1968 in Roma
Promotions:
Marshall: 12 Mai 1943
Assignments:
Deputy Commander of the Forces occupying Albania, 1939
Commander Corps, Greek Campaign, 1940
Commander CSIR (Corpo Spedizione Italiani in Russia, 1941-1943
Commander 1st Italian Army, Africa, Mar 1943
Chief of Staff Of the Royal Italian Army, 1943-1945
Tenente Colonnello de MICCO, Mario
(1897-1945)
Born: 25 Aug 1897 in Chianciano
Died: 28 Apr 1945 in Vercelli
Promotions:
Sottotenente: 1915; Tenente:1918;
Assignments:
Volunteer as Bersagliere in IWW, Aug 1915 - Aug 1918
Volunteer in Ethiopia Campaign, 1935
Divisione Motorizzata "Trieste", North Africa, 1941 - 1943
Officer at Comando Truppe Libiche, 1943
Divisione Piave in Roma, until Sep 1943
Director of Ufficio Propaganda of CCGU (Centro Costituzione Grandi Unit�) in Vercelli, Mar 1944
Chief of Uffici dello Stato Maggiore del CCGU, Apr 1945
Decorations and awards:
Silver Medal for Military Valour (IWW); Bronze Medal for Military Valour (1918 because many actions behind enemy lines); Commenda dell' Ordine Coloniale (1939); German Iron Cross 2nd Class (14 Feb 1943); Ordine Coloniale Stella d' Italia (10 Mai 1943).
Capitano MORELLI, Manlio Maria
(1914-1995)
Born: 1914 in Fenestrelle
Died: 1995 in Roma
Promotions:
Tenente: 1936; Capitano:
Assignments:
Artillery and Engineers Military Academy, 1934
Commander 9.Cp/XXX Rgt Guastatori Alpini, 1940 - 1943
Commander Btg "Valanga" (Incorporated X MAS), Oct 1943 - Apr 1945
Decorations and awards:
Silver Medal Military Valour, 25 Jun 1940; Bronze Medal Military Valour, 1941; Silver Medal Military Valour, 16 Jan 1943.
Tenente Colonnello MUTI, Ettore
(1902-1943)
Born: 22 Mai 1902 in Ravenna
Died: 23-24 Aug 1943 in Fregene, executed.
Assignments:
Enlisted 6. Rgt.Inf."Brigata Aosta", 1915
Member of fascist groups in Ravenna, 1921
Founded Fascio in Ravenna, 1922
Officer of "Milizia Portuale",(Harbour Militia), 1924
Console of "Milizia Portuale", Trieste, 1932
Bomber Pilot, Axum, Ethiopia war, 1935
P.N.F. Secretary Party, 31 Oct 1939 - 12 Jun 1940
Decorations and Awards:
Savoia Military Order; Gold Medal Military Valour; Spanish Medal Military Valour (1935); (10) Silver Medal Military Valour; (4) Bronze Medal Military Valour; (5) War Cross; (2) German Iron Cross; (3) Promotions for war merit.
Marshall SAVOIA, UMBERTO Prince of Piemonte
Maresciallo d' Italia
(1904-1983)
Born: 15 Sep 1904 in Cuneo
Died: 18 Mar 1983 in Geneve, Switzerland
Promotions:
Marshall: 29 Oct 1942
Assignments:
Commander of the Italian Army Group West, 1940
Tenente Colonnello TANUCCI NANNINI, Ferdinando
(1896-)
Born: 26 Aug 1896 in Foggia
Died:
Assignments:
Volunter as Bersagliere, 1915-1918
Volunteer Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939
Commander Btg Group (I, II, III) GG.FF. (Giovani Fascisti, Young Fascist), 1940-1943
Decorations and awards:
(4)Silver Medal Military Valour; (3)Bronze Medal Military Valour; Cross War Military Valour; German Cross War 2nd Class; German Eagle with Swords; (2)Spanish Cross War; English Silver Military Cross; Spanish Medal for Merit; (5) Cross War for Merit; Silver Medal for Long Time in Command.
Notes:
In 1996, still alive in Naples, Italy.
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