The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Marshal of Italy Ettore Bastico

Bastico

Ettore, Marshal of Italy

(1876 – 1972)

1917
Chief of Staff 50th Division
1917
Intendant 6th Army
1917
- 1918
Chief of Staff 25th Division
1918
Chief of Staff 28th Division
1918
- 1919
Chief of Staff 32nd Division
1919
- 1923
Instructor at the Naval Academy
1923
- 1927
Commanding Officer 9th Bersaglieri Regiment
1927
- 1929
Commandant of Central Military School of Physical Training
1929
- 1931
Commanding Officer 14th Infantry Brigade
1932
- 1933
General Officer Commanding 1st Celere Division "Eugenio di Savoia"
1933
- 1934
General Officer Commanding 16th Infantery Division "Fossalta"
1934
- 1935
General Officer Commanding 1st Black Shirt Division XXIII Marzo, Ethiopia
1935
- 1936
General Officer Commanding III Corps [Ethiopia]
1936
- 1937
General Officer Commanding II Corps
1937
General Officer Commanding Corpo di Truppe Volontarie, Spain
1938
Designated General Officer Commanding Army of Padova
1938
- 1940
General Officer Commanding Army of Po
1939
- 1941
Member of the Commission for the Armed Forces, Senate
1940
- 1942
Governor-General Dodecanese Islands
1942
Governor-General Libya
1942
- 1943
Commander in Chief North Africa
Picture source: Courtesy of Valdis Kursietis