The Generals of WWII
Generals from Italy
Messe
Giovanni, Marshal of Italy
(1883 – 1968)
1927
- 1935
Commanding Officer 9th Bersaglieri Regiment
1935
Commanding Officer 3rd Celere Brigade Principe Amedeo Duca d’Aosta
1935
Deputy Officer Commanding 3rd Celere Division "Principe Amedeo Duca d’Aosta"
1935
- 1936
Deputy General Officer Commanding Armored Division, Ethiopia
1936
- 1939
Inspector of Celere Troops
1939
General Officer Commanding 3rd Celere Division "Principe Amedeo Duca d’Aosta" [Albania]
1939
- 1940
Deputy General Officer Commanding Occupation Corps Albania
1940
General Officer Commanding Celere Corps, Greece
1940
- 1941
General Officer Commanding Special Corps
1941
- 1942
General Officer Commanding Corpo Italiano di Spedizione in Rùssia
1942
General Officer Commanding XXXV Corps
1942
- 1943
General Officer Commanding 1st Army, North Africa
1943
General Officer Commanding 1st Italian-German Army, Tunisia
1943
Prisoner of War
1943
Chief General Staff
1943
- 1945
Chief Supreme General Staff
1947
Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Valdis Kursietis