The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General Italo Gariboldi

Gariboldi

Italo, General

(1879 – 1970)

1918
Chief of Operations Office ? Army
1918
- 1919
Chief of Staff 45th Division
1919
Chief of Staff 79th Division
1919
- 1920
Chief of Staff 77th Division
1920
- 1921
Chairman of the Commission for the Eastern Borders
1921
- 1926
Head of the Italian Delegation, Italian-Yugoslav Border Commission
1926
- 1928
Commanding Officer 26th Regiment "Bergamo"
1928
- 1931
Instructor at the War School
1931
- 1933
Commanding Officer 5th Brigade
1933
- 1935
Commandant of Royal Infantry & Cavalry Academy
1935
- 1936
Member of the Army Council
1936
General Officer Commanding 30th Division Sabauda, Ethiopia
1936
- 1937
Chief of Staff to Viceroy Italian East Africa
1937
- 1938
Member of the Army Council
1938
- 1939
General Officer Commanding V Corps
1939
- 1941
General Officer Commanding 5th Army, North Africa
1940
Deputy Commander in Chief North Africa
1941
General Officer Commanding 10th Army, North Africa
1941
Governor-General Libya & Commander in Chief North Africa
1941
- 1942
In reserve
1942
- 1943
General Officer Commanding 8th Army, Russia
1943
- 1944
German Prisoner of War
1944
Condemned to death as traitor
1944
Liberated by the Allies
Picture source: Courtesy of Valdis Kursietis