The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Ferruccio Bignamini

Bignamini, Ferruccio

Lieutenant-General

* 6th of July 1892

† 1975

Promotions

1927-02-06 Lieutenant-Colonel (Seniority from 1927-02-02)
1937-01-21 Colonel (Seniority from 1937-01-01)
1942-04-15 Brigadier-General (Seniority from 1942-01-01)

Service

1925-01-01 1931-09-27 Attached to Military Division Brescia
1931-09-27 1937-02-01 Attached to 57th Infantry Regiment
1937-02-01 1937-10-15 Commanding Officer Palermo Military District
1937-10-15 1939-11-01 Commanding Officer 58th Infantry Regiment "Abruzzi"
1939-11-01 1939-12-09 Attached to Torino Corps
1939-12-09 Commanding Officer 9th Territorial Defence Sector
1940-XX-XX Chief of Staff, Italian Armistice Commission to France
1941-03-15 Attached to Treviso Territorial Defence Command
1941-07-08 1941-11-05 Attached to Treviso Territorial Defence Command
1941-10-17 Hospitalized
1942-XX-XX 1943-03-01 Attached to Treviso Territorial Defence Command
1943-03-01 Attached to Padova Military Zone
1943-XX-XX General Officer Commanding Vicenza Military Zone
1943-09-09 1945-05-XX Prisoner of War [Germany]
Picture source: Courtesy of Ferruccio Bignamini