The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General Alfredo Guzzoni

Guzzoni, Alfredo

General

* 12th of April 1877

† 15th of April 1965

Promotions

1917-03-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1917-09-20 Colonel (Seniority from 1917-09-18)
1930-01-13 Brigadier-General (Seniority from 1930-01-01)
1933-03-14 Major-General
1937-01-01 Lieutenant-General
1939-04-09 General (Designated)
1942-10-29 General

Service

1917-01-12 1917-03-10 Attached to 6th Army
1917-03-10 1918-01-08 Chief of Staff, 11th Infantry Division
1918-01-08 1918-09-13 Chief of Staff, XXVII Corps
1918-09-13 1918-12-17 Chief of Staff, III Corps
1918-12-17 1919-09-30 Chief of Operations Office, Supreme Command
1919-09-30 1920-02-04 Attached to Army General Staff
1920-02-04 1920-07-31 Acting Chief of Staff, Inter-Allied Control Commission for Austria
1920-07-31 1922-09-01 Chief of Staff, Inter-Allied Control Commission for Hungary
1922-09-01 1926-06-01 President of the Inter-Allied Control Commission for Hungary
1924-06-01 1926-12-05 Attached to the Ministry of War
1926-12-05 1929-04-10 Commanding Officer 58th Infantry Regiment "Abruzzi"
1929-04-10 1930-01-16 Chief of Administration Office, Army General Staff
1930-01-16 1931-10-01 Commanding Officer 3rd Alpine Brigade
1931-10-01 1933-09-24 Commandant of the Modena Military Academy
1933-09-24 1934-02-08 General Officer Commanding Territorial Military Division Roma
1934-02-08 1935-11-18 General Officer Commanding 21st Infantry Division "Grenatieri di Sardegna" [East Africa]
1935-11-18 1936-05-31 Vice Governor of Eritrea
1936-06-01 1937-04-11 Governor of Eritrea
1937-05-20 1939-04-06 General Officer Commanding Udine Corps
1939-04-06 1939-06-XX Attached to the Ministry of War
1939-04-09 1939-06-XX General Officer Commanding Expeditionary Force to Albania
1939-06-XX 1939-12-01 General Officer Commanding Albania Troops Command
1939-12-01 1940-11-29 General Officer Commanding 4th Army [France]
1940-11-30 1941-05-24 Under-Secretary of State for War
1940-11-30 1941-05-24 Deputy Chief of the Supreme General Staff
1941-11-01 Retired
1942-10-20 Recalled
1943-05-30 1943-09-08 General Officer Commanding 6th Army
Picture source: Courtesy of Laurent Icardo