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Pietro Badoglio

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Also known as Pietro Badoglio, 1st Duke of Addis Abeba, 1st Marquess of Sabotino, Don Pietro Giuseppe Vittorio Luigi Badoglio, 1.Duca di Addis Abeba, Marchese del Sabotino

Italian Military General Officer and Marshal of the Royal Italian Army from 1916-1943 during both World Wars and Prime Minister of Italy from 1943-1944 (1871-1956)

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Pietro Badoglio was an Italian military leader who served as a senior general during both World Wars and briefly as Prime Minister in 1943-1944, playing a key role in Italy's transition from fascism. He is historically significant because he helped negotiate Italy's surrender to the Allies during World War II, fundamentally changing the course of the war in Europe.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1871
Died
1956
Works
11

Top works

  • La via che conduce agli alleati
  • Der abessinische Krieg
  • Der abessinische Krieg
  • Il memoriale di Pietro Badoglio su Caporetto
  • La guerra d'Etiopia. Con prefazione del Duce

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Active from
1984-12-15

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
2
Total plays
17

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Quotes

  • If I announce the armistice and the Americans don't send sufficient reinforcements and don't land near Rome, the Germans will seize the city and put in a puppet fascist government.
  • There is no doubt that Jacomoni and Visconti Prasca have a large share of the responsibility in the Albanian affair, but the real blame must be sought elsewhere. It lies entirely with the Duce's command. This is a command that he, the Duce, cannot hold. Let him leave everything to us, and when things go wrong let him punish those responsible.
  • Militarily it was impossible to invade with the dispositions we had made. We had only seven divisions in Albania. Two of them were necessary to hold the Albanian population from going into revolt. Two others were in reserve. That left us three divisions with which to undertake an offensive. Against us, the Greeks disposed of fifteen divisions. We might have been able to undertake an offensive had those figures been reversed.
  • I think if we call in the experts we can draw up the full scheme, with the rallying points arranged.
  • By this act, all ties with the dreadful past are broken, and my government will be proud to be able to march with you on to the inevitable victory.
  • Sir, give me a single battalion of the Royal Carabineers and I will drive these upstarts into the sea.

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Encyclopedic overview

Personal details Born(1871-09-28)28 September 1871 Grazzano Monferrato, Italy

Died1 November 1956(1956-11-01) (aged 85) Grazzano Badoglio, Italy

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