The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Alessandro Piazzoni

Piazzoni, Alessandro

Lieutenant-General

* 2nd of May 1885

† 14th of May 1971

Nickname: Nobili Piazzoni

Promotions

1938-06-07 Brigadier-General (War merits)(Seniority from 1937-12-06)
1941-04-15 Major-General (Seniority from 1941-01-01)
1943-04-04 Temporary Lieutenant-General

Service

Commanding Officer 53rd Infantry Regiment "Umbria"
1938-XX-XX 1939-03-03 Attached to the Ministry of War
1939-03-03 1940-01-01 Attached to Roma Corps
1940-01-01 1940-08-25 General Officer Commanding 50th Infantry Division "Regina" [Aegean Islands]
1940-08-25 1940-09-10 Attached to the Ministry of War
1940-09-10 1941-12-10 General Officer Commanding 101st Motorized Division "Trieste" [Greece]
1940-12-21 1941-03-29 General Officer Commanding Special Alpine Division [Greece]
1941-03-29 1941-12-10 General Officer Commanding 101st Motorized Division "Trieste" [North Africa]
1941-12-10 1941-12-21 Acting General Officer Commanding Manoeuvrable Corps [North Africa]
1941-12-21 1942-02-25 Attached to North Africa General Headquarters
1942-02-25 1943-03-01 General Officer Commanding 15th Infantry Division "Bergamo"
1943-03-01 1943-09-12 General Officer Commanding VI Corps [Yugoslavia]
1943-09-12 1945-01-21 Prisoner of War [Germany]
Picture source: Courtesy of Luigi Di Gabriele