Marshal of Italy (Italian: Maresciallo d'Italia) was a rank in the Royal Italian Army (Regio Esercito). Originally created in 1924 by Italian dictator Benito Mussolini for the purpose of honoring generals Luigi Cadorna and Armando Diaz, the rank was granted to several other general

Following the fall of the Fascist regime in Italy in 1943, he was the only Marshal of Italy who remained loyal to Benito Mussolini and was named the Minister of Defence of the Italian Social Republic, commanding its army and returning to active service against the Allies for …

Giovanni Messe (10 December 1883 – 18 December 1968) was an Italian field marshal and politician. [1] In the Second World War , he was captured in Tunisia but made chief of staff of the Italian Co-belligerent Army after the armistice of September 1943.

Badly injured by a failed assassination attempt, Marshal Rodolfo Graziani authorized the massacre of thousands of Ethiopian civilians. Graziani was born on August 11, 1882, at Felettino in Frosinone Province of Savoyard Italy. In 1903 19 …

Rodolfo Graziani, marquess di Neghelli was an Italian field marshal, administrator, and adherent of Benito Mussolini. After service in Eritrea and Libya before World War I and in Macedonia and Tripolitania subsequently, Graziani became commander in chief …

May 31, 2019 · As Vice-Governor of Libya from 1930 to 1934, he crushed the Senussi Rebellion. Utilizing auxiliary troops from the colonies augmented by Italian air and mechanized forces, he achieved significant battlefield success. In Italy, he grew famous as the Pacificatore Della Libia – Pacifier of Libya.

Aug 5, 2010 · Giovanni Messe was a career soldier who earned the rank of Marshal of Italy during World War II. He was a distinguished and highly decorated soldier, who served in the conquest of Libya, WWI, the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, and WWII.

Jun 4, 2016 · When Air Marshal Italo Balbo was killed in a “friendly fire” accident, Marshal Graziani was rushed in to take command of Italian forces in Libya with orders from Mussolini to invade and conquer British-held Egypt as quickly as possible.

Sep 2, 2019 · It was an unusual way to begin a career in which the Italian officer would serve Il Duce for nearly 20 years and lead his country’s military during one of the most disastrous and humiliating epochs in Italy’s long and storied history.

May 19, 2012 · Marshal of Italy Rodolfo Graziani, 1 st Marquis of Neghelli, is possibly the most infamous Italian soldier of World War II. To a large extent, this is entirely justified for he ended his career as a traitor to his king, his country and a sell-out to the Nazi German puppet state of the Sal ò Republic of which Mussolini was the willing figurehead.