The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Raffaele Cadorna

Cadorna, Raffaele

Lieutenant-General

* 12th of September 1889

† 20th of December 1973

Nickname: Conte Cadorna

Promotions

1929-03-14 Lieutenant-Colonel (Seniority from 1929-01-01)
1937-09-23 Colonel (Seniority from 1937-09-01)
1941-07-01 Brigadier-General
1945-03-05 Major-General

Service

1929-12-15 Attached to 2nd Cavalry Regiment "Piemonte Reale Cavalleria"
1929-12-15 1934-10-31 Military Attaché to Czechoslovakia
1932-04-18 Honorary Aide-de-Camp to the King
1934-10-31 1937-03-21 Attached to 9th Cavalry Regiment "Lancieri di Firenze"
1937-03-21 1937-09-23 Acting Commanding Officer 3rd Cavalry Regiment "Savoia Cavalleria"
1937-09-23 1940-XX-XX Commanding Officer 3rd Cavalry Regiment "Savoia Cavalleria"
1940-XX-XX 1943-04-01 Commandant of the School for Application of Cavalry
1943-04-01 1943-09-08 General Officer Commanding 135th Armored Cavalry Division "Ariete"
1944-XX-XX General Officer Commanding Corpo Voluntari della Liberta
1945-07-04 1947-02-01 Chief of the Army General Staff
1948-XX-XX 1963-XX-XX Senator
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