The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Marshal of Italy Rodolfo Graziani

Graziani, Rodolfo

Marshal of Italy

* 11th of August 1882

† 11th of January 1955

Nickname: Marchese di Neghelli

Promotions

1917-12-02 Lieutenant-Colonel (Seniority from 1917-08-16, War merits)
1918-12-08 Colonel
1923-02-26 Brigadier-General (War merits)
1932-02-02 Lieutenant-General
1936-05-09 Marshal of Italy

Service

1918-06-09 –1919-XX-XX Commanding Officer 241st Infantry Regiment
1919-03-23 –1919-05-11 Commanding Officer 15th Infantry Regiment
1919-05-11 –1919-05-22 At disposal of the Supreme General Staff
1919-05-22 –1920-04-30 Commanding Officer 61st Infantry Regiment [Greece]
1920-04-30 –1920-05-09 At disposal of Roma Corps
1921-10-XX –1923-XX-XX Commanding Officer Tripoli Zone [North Africa]
1928-12-18 –1930-03-15 General Officer Commanding Royal Colonial Troops Corps Tripolitania
1930-03-15 –1934-XX-XX Vice Governor of Cyrenaica [North Africa]
1930-03-15 – General Officer Commanding Royal Colonial Troops Corps Cyrenaica
1934-07-15 –1935-02-09 General Officer Commanding Udine Corps
1935-02-09 –1935-03-11 Attached to the Ministry of War
1935-03-11 –1936-05-28 Governor of Somalia [East Africa]
1935-03-28 – General Officer Commanding Somalia Expeditionary Corps
1935-XX-XX –1937-XX-XX General Officer Commanding XI Corps
1936-05-11 –1937-12-21 Viceroy of Ethiopia [East Africa]
1939-09-01 –1939-11-02 Commander in Chief Army Group East
1939-11-03 –1941-03-24 Chief of the Army General Staff
1940-06-30 –1941-03-24 Governor-General of Libya [North Africa]
1940-06-30 –1941-02-11 Commander in Chief North Africa General Headquarters
1943-XX-XX Joins Italian Social Republic
1943-09-23 –1945-XX-XX Minister of National Defence, Italian Social Republic
1943-XX-XX –1945-XX-XX General Officer Commanding Ligurian Army, Italian Social Republic
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