The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Taddeo Orlando

Orlando, Taddeo

Lieutenant-General

* 23rd of June 1885

† 1950

Promotions

1918-10-XX Lieutenant-Colonel
1930-11-20 Colonel
1937-07-01 Brigadier-General
1940-05-31 Major-General (Seniority from 1940-01-01)
1943-04-08 Lieutenant-General

Service

1937-09-XX 1938-07-01 Commanding Officer Artillery, XX Corps
1938-07-01 1939-11-01 Chief of Staff, 3rd Army
1939-11-01 1939-11-06 Deputy Chief of the Army General Staff
1939-11-06 1940-03-01 Attached to the Ministry of War
1940-03-01 1942-11-13 General Officer Commanding 21st Infantry Division "Granatieri di Sardegna"
1942-11-13 1943-02-08 General Officer Commanding XXXI Corps
1943-02-08 1943-02-18 Attached to 1st Army
1943-02-28 1943-05-13 General Officer Commanding XX Corps [North Africa]
1943-03-13 Prisoner of War
1944-XX-XX Minister of War
1944-07-21 1945-03-06 Commander in Chief Royal Carabinieri
Picture source: Courtesy of Anonymous