The Generals of WWII

Generals from Italy Flag for Italy
Portrait of Lieutenant-General Lorenzo Caratti

Caratti, Lorenzo

Lieutenant-General

* 25th of October 1890

† 3rd of July 1949

Promotions

1927-06-09 Lieutenant-Colonel
1937-01-18 Colonel
1941-04-15 Brigadier-General (Seniority from 1941-01-01)
1943-07-23 Major-General (Seniority from 1943-07-01)
1949-06-30 Lieutenant-General

Service

1927-10-30 1927-11-27 Attached to the School of Anti-Aircraft Artillery
1927-11-27 1928-01-01 Attached to the School of Artillery Shooting
1928-01-01 1935-09-16 Instructor at the School of Artillery Shooting
1935-09-16 1937-01-18 Acting Commanding Officer 3rd Army Artillery Regiment
1937-01-18 1937-10-10 Commanding Officer 3rd Army Artillery Regiment
1937-10-10 1940-09-10 Commandant of the School of Artillery Shooting
1940-09-10 1941-08-20 Commanding Officer Artillery, IX Corps
1941-08-20 1943-09-08 Commanding Officer Artillery, XII Corps
1943-XX-XX Joins the Resistance
1944-01-01 1944-05-29 Commanding Officer Military Clandestine Group Sectors Roma
1944-05-29 1944-06-04 Arrested
1944-06-04 Escaped
1944-06-16 1944-08-01 Attached to the Ministry of War
1944-08-01 1945-03-01 Chairman of the 2nd Commission of Inquiry into the behaviour of the Officers below the rank of Colonel following the Armistice
1945-03-01 1948-04-10 Inspector of Artillery
1948-04-10 1949-06-03 General Officer Commanding Division "Granatierie di Sardegna"
1949-06-03 1949-06-30 Acting General Officer Commanding Military Command Bari
1949-06-30 1949-07-03 General Officer Commanding Military Command Bari
1949-07-03 Died of illness
Picture source: From: "Storia della Artiglieria Italiana, Parte IV, Volume XII", 1950