The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Giovanni Varda

Varda, Giovanni

Lieutenant-General

* 8th of July 1884

† 23rd of October 1965

Promotions

1926-08-10 Lieutenant-Colonel
1926-11-04 Lieutenant-Colonel (Seniority from 1926-03-11)
1933-01-01 Colonel
1939-08-17 Brigadier-General (Seniority from 1939-07-08)
1940-07-12 Brigadier-General (Seniority from 1939-06-30)
1942-XX-XX Major-General
1947-XX-XX Lieutenant-General

Service

1927-11-01 attached to 3rd Alpine Brigade
1927-11-01 1928-12-01 Attached to Military Division Gorizia
1928-12-01 1933-01-01 Chief of Staff, Military Division Gorizia
1933-01-01 1935-12-31 Commanding Officer 6th Alpine Regiment
1935-12-31 1938-XX-XX Commanding Officer 11th Alpine Regiment
1939-08-17 1939-09-12 Attached to Bolzano Corps
1939-09-12 Commanding Officer Frontier Guards, Bolzano Corps
1940-06-10 Attached to Frontier Guards, XVIII Corps
1940-06-10 1940-07-23 Attached to XVIII
1940-07-23 Attached to the Ministry of Italian Africa
1940-XX-XX 1941-05-19 General Officer Commanding Division "Cacciatori d'Africa" [Italian East Africa]
1941-05-19 1946-XX-XX Prisoner of War
1947-07-08 Retired