The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Riccardo Pentimalli

Pentimalli, Riccardo

Lieutenant-General

* 29th of February 1884

† 23rd of May 1953

Promotions

1937-07-01 Brigadier-General
1940-05-31 Major-General (Seniority from 1940-01-01)

Service

Commanding Officer 5th Artillery Regiment
Commandant of the Artillery School
Chief of Staff, II Corps [East Africa]
1938-09-09 Commanding Officer 1st Territorial Defence Sector
1938-09-09 1939-03-31 Deputy General Officer Commanding 5th Infantry Division "Cosseria"
1939-03-31 1939-04-30 Attached to Treviso Corps
1939-04-30 Commanding Officer Artillery, Treviso Corps
1940-02-01 Commanding Officer Artillery, XIV Corps
1940-02-01 1941-07-07 General Officer Commanding 32nd Infantry Division "Marche"
1941-07-07 1941-08-13 Attached to the Ministry of War
1941-08-13 1942-07-01 General Officer Commanding 151st Infantry Division "Perugia"
1943-08-15 1943-09-08 General Officer Commanding XIX Corps
1944-01-27 Retired
1944-12-22 Condemned to 20 years imprisonment for misconduct of the defence of Naples
Picture source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/GenPentimalli.jpg