The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Alessandro Gloria

Gloria, Alessandro

Lieutenant-General

* 7th of July 1883

† 24th of October 1970

Nickname: Nobile dei Conti Gloria

Promotions

1926-11-04 Lieutenant-Colonel (Seniority from 1923-03-31)
1930-11-16 Colonel
1937-09-09 Brigadier-General (Seniority from 1937-07-01)
1940-05-31 Major-General (Seniority from 1940-01-01)
1942-12-15 Lieutenant-General

Service

1931-01-16 Attached to Torino Corps
1931-01-16 1933-06-26 Commanding Officer 8th Heavy Artillery Regiment
1931-07-01 1933-02-10 Deputy Member of the Territorial Military Tribunal, Roma
1933-06-26 1934-01-16 Attached to General Staff Corps
1934-01-16 1934-10-01 Chief of Staff, Bari Corps
1934-10-01 1935-10-01 Chief of Monographs Office, General Staff Corps
1935-10-01 1937-02-01 Commanding Officer 17th Diviisonal Artillery Regiment
1937-02-01 1938-04-10 Commanding Officer 3rd Territorial Defence Sector
1938-04-10 1939-03-31 Deputy General Officer Commanding 3rd Infantry Division "Monferrato"
1939-03-31 Commanding Officer Artillery, Genova Corps
1940-06-10 1940-11-29 General Officer Commanding 37th Infantry Division "Modena" [France - Greece]
1941-01-31 1941-08-23 General Officer Commanding 37th Infantry Division "Modena" [France - Greece]
1941-08-23 1941-09-04 Attached to North Africa General Headquarters
1941-09-04 1942-11-30 General Officer Commanding 25th Infantry Division "Bologna" [North Africa]
1942-11-30 1942-12-06 Attached to Libya General Headquarters
1942-12-06 1943-01-09 Attached to the Ministry of War
1943-01-09 1943-05-05 General Officer Commanding V Corps
1943-05-05 Attached to the Ministry of War
1943-07-27 1943-09-08 General Officer Commanding XXXV Corps
1943-XX-XX General Officer Commanding Bolzano Corps
1943-09-09 1945-05-XX Prisoner of War [Germany]
Picture source: from: "Immagini della seconda guerra mondiale (le Alpi Occidental), by Amedeo Chiusano & Maurizio Saporiti, 1995