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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Gervasio Bitossi

Bitossi, Gervasio

Lieutenant-General

* 2nd of October 1884

† 26th of June 1951

Promotions

1926-11-04 Lieutenant-Colonel (Seniority from 1926-06-04)
1933-09-07 Colonel (Seniority from 1933-08-16)
1938-07-31 Brigadier-General (Seniority from 1938-05-31)
1939-03-10 Major-General (War merits)(Seniority from 1939-02-16)
1943-09-03 Lieutenant-General

Service

1925-01-01 1927-02-20 Attached to the Ministry of War
1927-02-20 1929-04-15 Attached to 2nd Cavalry Regiment "Piemonte Reale Cavalleria"
1929-04-15 1933-02-01 Chief of Staff, Military Division Chieti
1933-02-01 1933-09-07 Attached to Bologna Corps
1933-09-07 1933-09-16 At disposal of Bologna Corps
1933-09-16 1935-12-05 Commanding Officer 19th Cavalry Regiment "Cavalleggeri Guide"
1935-12-05 1936-08-17 Attached to Milano Corps
1936-08-17 Attached to Roma Corps
1936-XX-XX Commanding Officer Mixed Motorized Regiment
1937-04-01 1937-09-09 Commandant of the Central School for Celere Troops
1937-09-09 1938-07-31 Acting Deputy General Officer Commanding 2nd Celere Division "Emanuele Filiberto Testa di Ferro"
1937-09-09 1938-02-01 Commanding Officer 2nd Celere Brigade "Emanuele Filiberto Testa di Ferro"
1938-07-31 Deputy General Officer Commanding 2nd Celere Division "Emanuele Filiberto Testa di Ferro"
1939-06-30 Attached to the Ministry of War
1939-06-30 General Officer Commanding 4th Infantry Division "Littorio"
1939-09-18 1942-07-07 General Officer Commanding 133rd Armoured Division "Littorio" [North Africa]
1942-08-16 Attached to North Africa General Headquarters
1942-08-16 1942-09-21 Attached to the Delegation of the Supreme General Staff in North Africa
1942-09-21 1942-11-29 General Officer Commanding 133rd Armoured Division "Littorio" [North Africa]
1942-11-29 1943-02-18 General Officer Commanding XX Corps
1943-02-18 1943-03-02 Attached to 1st Army
1943-03-02 Attached to the Ministry of War
1943-09-08 1943-09-19 General Officer Commanding II Corps
1943-09-19 1945-05-XX Prisoner of War [Germany]
Picture source: From: 'Iron Arm: The Mechanization of Mussolini's Army, 1920-1940' by John J.T. Sweet, 1980